This guide is only for experienced users who know what they are doing. We recommend going back up and follow the detailed guide.
The training course requires installation of Java (OpenJDK) and a programming editor IntelliJ IDEA (Community Edition).
Do not install it from the offcial distribution.
Use our preconfigured archive which you just extract to the fixed folder on the disk (C:\Java-Training\) and you are good to go.
Note: In fact, there is no serious installation going on. Files are just extracted to the fixed folder. It is a kind of a portable distribution.
Note: If you already have our own JDK or other included software installed on your computer, it is not a problem but it will not be used for the training course. It is absolutely necessary to use the piece of software from our installation package as it is all preconfigured. Our examples would not work without the special configuration.
Download Java-Training.7z.
If you do not have 7-Zip, download and install it.
Warning! Do not use WinRAR or WinZip, because they cannot extract .7z correctly.
In general we recommend to uninstall WinRAR and WinZip completely as you must pay for their license.
We consider it pointless when there is the free and open-source 7-Zip.
Run 7zFM.exe (7-Zip File Manager) and open Java-Training.7z in it.
Extract the archive to C:\Java-Training.
Check that you extracted it correctly:
You should have
C:\Java-Training\Projects\DemoApplication
folder on your C: drive.
Copy IntelliJ-Community.lnk from C:\Java-Training\IntelliJ-Community
to your desktop (C:\Users\YOUR_USERNAME\Desktop) and possibly to your Start Menu
(C:\Users\YOUR_USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs)
Run IntelliJ-Community using the shortcut from previous step
or run C:\Java-Training\IntelliJ-Community\startup.bat.
Open the demo project selecting the folder
C:\Java-Training\Projects\DemoApplication.
You must be connected to the internet.
When you open the project, IntelliJ IDEA will start indexing JDK and libraries. It will take a couple of minutes. Progress is displayed on the bottom editor line.
After the indexing finishes, Main.java will become mainly violet-blue.
If it stayed mainly black-grey, you wouldn't have it extracted to the correct folder.
It must be in C:\Java-Training. In such a case, close everything, move it to the correct location and run IntelliJ IDEA again.
If it was red, follow on to the troubleshooting section of the detailed guide
(point 33 in the detailed installation guide).
If everyhing is successful, you can run the project using the green arrow on the right top bar.
Project will open a window with It works! label.