Step 1: Install IntelliJ Professional Edition#
To obtain a student license for the IntelliJ Professional Edition, follow the steps in this link:
Tip
The Professional Edition contains many more features than the free version and is the recommended IntelliJ IDE to use.
You can install the Professional Edition of IntelliJ while you wait for your educational license to be approved - IntelliJ has a free 30-day trial period:
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Follow the prompts of the installer - IntelliJ comes bundled with Java Enterprise Edition which is what you need to complete this project.
Confirm you have a Java Development Kit (JDK) installed. Open a terminal window and enter:
java -version
If not:
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What’s Next
Please proceed to Step 2: Download Tomcat.