JDK and Creating a New Project

What is JDK?

JDK stands for Java Development kit. The JDK software provides an environment to develop java applications.

JDK package contains the following elements

• JRE Java Runtime Environment
• JVM Java Virtual Machine
• Tools and libraries to help in software development

Develop First Program on IntelliJ

Run IntelliJ and click on New Project option

Now Select Maven at the sidebar and click on the Next button as we are creating a Maven project. SDK/JDK version already set here.

Now Enter the name for your project, myTestProject and click on the Finish button.

Note: There should not be any space in the project name

Now, the Maven project is created.

In the next post, we will learn how to add libraries.