Installing IntelliJ IDEA

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This video outlines our use of IntelliJ to develop Spring apps.

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As we begin the adventure of writing our first web application in Java,
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we'll find it most useful to use an IDE instead of Treehouse Workspaces.
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Remember, IDE stands for integrated development environment, and
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is where we write our Java source code.
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If you you worked through our local development environments course,
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you probably have IntelliJ IDEA installed as a Java IDE.
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Well the ultimate edition of IntelliJ has great integrated support for
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Spring applications, the free Community Edition will work quite well for us too.
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If you don't have IntelliJ installed on your computer,
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you should check out the local development environments course for details.
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In the teacher's notes, you'll see a link to the course,
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as well as a link to instructions that help you install IntelliJ.
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If you have any difficulties installing, please post your questions in the forum.
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Otherwise, I'll see you in the next video after you're done.

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