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Introducing IDEs

3:14 with Craig Dennis

Let's discuss what an IDE, or Integrated Development Environment is, and then install one...IntelliJ IDEA by JetBrains.

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    [MUSIC] 0:00
    [SOUND] So far, we've been writing our code in workspaces in a text editor and 0:04
    then manually compiling and running our program and terminal. 0:08
    As you might have guessed, there is a better way to do this. 0:12
    There is an amazing grouping of tools that makes your life as a developer 0:15
    much easier. 0:19
    These tools are quite expansive and 0:20
    have grown into just about every task you might be asked to perform as a developer. 0:22
    From building and packaging to testing and 0:26
    discovering errors, all the way to version control and maintaining team to do lists. 0:29
    All your tasks are covered in one place. 0:34
    This concept of grouping of necessary development tasks into a single 0:37
    application is called an IDE, or Integrated Development Environment. 0:41
    It integrates all the development tasks into one place so 0:46
    that you can be more efficient. 0:49
    Now, IDEs aren't specific to Java, many programming languages have them. 0:51
    However, due to Java's age, these tools have grown and 0:56
    evolved to be extremely powerful and are so common place in Java development 0:59
    that knowledge of them is often listed as a job requirement. 1:03
    So, I figured it was the right time to start exploring them. 1:07
    There are many IDEs available and due to healthy competition they all offer more or 1:11
    less the same set of features. 1:15
    Choosing which IDE to use is one of personal preference. 1:18
    However it will most likely be determined by what others on your team are using. 1:21
    Most JAVA teams try to standardize on a single IDE so 1:26
    they can share configurations and settings easily. 1:30
    Don't let the options overwhelm you. 1:33
    All of the IDEs basically offer the same tools. 1:35
    The most important thing to gain here is the knowledge that a certain tool exists, 1:39
    and how to locate it in the application. 1:43
    Knowing what to search for in the help system will get you most of the way there. 1:45
    For this course, I've chosen IntelliJ IDEA by Jetbrains as our IDE. 1:50
    It's the same IDE that is packaged up with Android Studio. 1:55
    So you'll be comfortable should you end up continuing on to 1:58
    the Android development route. 2:01
    Like I said, almost everything I show you in IntelliJ 2:03
    is available in its competitors, especially Eclipse and NetBeans. 2:06
    It just might be implemented a little bit differently. 2:11
    So, let's go install it. 2:14
    So again, chances are, just like the JDK installation, by the time you get here, 2:16
    this installation is going to look a little different as well. 2:21
    So check out the teacher's notes and hit the forum if it isn't clear. 2:24
    So let's search for IntelliJ IDEA, so we'll say IntelliJ IDEA. 2:27
    Great. 2:33
    And here we'll see where you download it. 2:35
    Let's click download. 2:37
    And you'll see here that there's different versions that auto detected that I was on 2:41
    MAC but you can switch back and forth up here. 2:44
    And we're gonna choose the Community Edition. 2:46
    It's free and it's plenty for us right now. 2:48
    So let's go ahead and get this downloaded. 2:51
    And I want you to go through the teacher's notes 2:53
    to go through the rest of the installation process. 2:58
    Now, I've added guides for both Windows and 3:00
    Mac, and if they get out of date, I'll work on getting them fixed. 3:02
    So go ahead now and follow your specific instructions and when you finish, 3:07
    continue onto the next video where we'll finish setting up your shiny new IDE. 3:10

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