Getting Started

Use ⇧⇧ (macOS), or Shift+Shift (Windows/Linux), to bring up the Search Everywhere dialog. You can search across Classes, Files, Symbols and Actions.

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Create a new Java application and JAR file that prints `Hello World` to the console.

IntelliJ IDEA understands projects that use Maven and can import them with minimal configuration

Start by creating a brand-new project that uses Maven as the build tool

Tips for getting started with IntelliJ IDEA

Tips for using Search Everywhere (Shift+Shift)

Learn how to use Spring Data JPA to store and retrieve data from your database.

You can start typing into a dialog box to search, even if there's not a textual search box available.

In this tutorial we will use IntelliJ IDEA to create your first "Hello World" Spring Boot application. We'll also discuss what's in your project and why. Spring Boot is a way to create Spring applications easily with some abstractions, some of which we'll touch on in this tutorial.

Start by creating a new Java project which will be the basis for the rest of this tutorial.

Start by creating a brand-new project that uses Gradle as the build tool.

What you need to know to get started with an existing Gradle project