Many of you will have a version of Java already installed on your laptop from previous coursework. If you do, you don’t specifically need to remove it. However, for 3500, you’ll need to use the toolset we outline in this document.

Tools We Will Use

Obviously, we cannot force you to use certain tools to write code. However, the tutorials in this class are written for these specific tools and TAs will only debug/troubleshoot issues with these tools.

IntelliJ IDEA by JetBrains.
Amazon Corretto JDK v17
GitHub

Setting Up Your Local Development Environment

Getting Ready

Tools We Will Use

Setting Up Your Local Development Environment

Getting Ready

Download and Install IntelliJ IDEA

Downloading Corretto JDK v17 in IDEA

Theming for IDEA (Optional)

Creating Your First New Project in IDEA

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