Intellij IDEA

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Project Setup

Running Intellij IDEA for the First Time

[Intellij Official Tutorial] Creating, Running and Packaging Your First Java Application

A little bit more detailed explanation (from CodeLaunch) with some additional info at the end.

Importing a Project to Intellij IDEA

Some useful navigation shortcuts:

Quickly locate a file by name.
Go to the definition of a method from where it is used.
Go back to the previous location.
View the documentation of a method from where the method is being used, without navigating to the method itself.
Find where a method/field is being used.

Debugging: Basic

This video (from LaunchCode) gives a pretty good explanation of how to use the Intellij IDEA debugger.

Intellij IDEA Documentation: Debugging Basics - Can be used as a reference document when you want to recall how to use a debugging feature.

Refactoring

This video explains how to automate the 'Extract parameter' refactoring using Intellij IDEA. Most other refactorings available works similarly. i.e. select the code to refactor → find the refactoring in the context menu or use the keyboard shortcut.

Here's another video explaining how to change a method signature as part of refactoring.