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accept the default for the project file location. This default is typically
under your home directory, which keeps your projects separate from
those owned by other users of the system. If you'd like to relocate the
project file somewhere else on the file system, click the ellipsis button
(
…
) at the end of the text field. (The ellipsis button is often used in
IDEA
to select a file, directory, or class from the file system.) Click
Next
when
you're finished.
The second dialog appears and prompts you for the target
JDK
of this
project. Typically, you can select one of the
JDK
s on your machine that
has been previously configured within
IDEA
, but a new installation of the
software has none defined. The next step, therefore, is to configure
IDEA
to recognize and work with at least one target
JDK
on your system, as
explained in the next section of the chapter. Click the
Configure
button
to do so. Once you've configured the target
JDK
, you can return to set-
ting up the “Hello, World” example.
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Figure 1.5 The new Welcome screen in version 5.0 provides immediate access to Quick Start,
Documentation, and Plugins management features.