Beginning IntelliJ IDEA: Integrated Development Environment for Java Programming

© Ted Hagos 2022

T. HagosBeginning IntelliJ IDEAhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-7446-0_4

4. IDE Tools

Ted Hagos¹  

(1)

Makati, Philippines

 

In this chapter, we will cover the following:

• Project Tool Window

• Navigation Bar

• Structure Tool Window

• Scratch file

• TODO

• Problem Tool Window

• Terminal

• The main editor

IntelliJ is a robust IDE. Although it’s fast, it isn’t exactly lightweight – and for good reasons. It’s packed with features. In this chapter, we’ll look at some of the most used tools of IntelliJ.

The IDE

Let’s get acquainted with the IDE first. Figure 4-1 shows some parts of the IDE you’ll likely deal with the most.

➊	Main Menu Bar – This is the primary way to navigate IntelliJ, but most of the items here have keyboard shortcuts, so it pays to know those shortcuts, ...