Hey! Welcome to Coding Kotlin. Today we're going to be installing the IntelliJ IDEA IDE for Windows 10 to allow us to code in the Kotlin programming language on our machine.
To get started, head to Jetbrains and go to the download. The site should look like this:
After clicking on the download button, you'll be presented with the Ultimate vs. Community edition downloads. If you already have the Ultimate version, you can use that. However, we'll be downloading the free Community version in this tutorial so go ahead and click on that download link like shown below:
After clicking on the download link, the program will automatically begin downloading. It's a pretty big file (about 550mb) so check back here once you've finished downloading.
Now that you've finished downloading IntelliJ, launch the installer you just downloaded. You can walk through the installer, but I recommend leaving everything as-is for now. When you get to Installation Options, I suggest selecting the following highlighted options:
After doing that, click Next and begin the installation. Installation will likely take a minute or two, so come back here once you've finished.
Once IntelliJ IDEA is finished installing, check the Run option and click finish.
After a few moments, you'll be greeted by the IDE preferences. First is the theme, as shown below. You can set the theme to dark or light - just a head's up, dark mode is way better on your eyes.
After selecting the theme, click on the Next: Default Plugins button. This will show you the default plugins. All of the listed plugins are enabled by default and I recommend leaving it that way. However, if you want to customize your IDE exactly how you want it, feel free to disable any plugins you don't think you'll need.
Once you've tinkered around with the default plugins, press the Next: Featured plugins option to see the available plugins for you to install. I recommend installing the Key Promoter X plugin because it teaches you the IDE shortcuts. You can also install some themes here and support for the Scala language.
Once you've finished customizing the IDE, click on the Start using IntelliJ IDEA button and your IDE will start up! You should be brought to the project menu, which allows you to create or open an existing project.
You've now successfully installed IntelliJ IDEA on your Windows machine and can begin coding in Kotlin, Java, Groovy, or Scala! If you experienced any issues when going through this tutorial, please check out the video on YouTube. We post a video to go along with these posts each day. Check out the YouTube video here.
Tune in tomorrow for the next Kotlin tutorial!
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