Alternatively, right-click the Project tool window to open the context menu and select New | Java class. Add a new Java file using the shortcut ⌘N (on macOS) or Alt+Insert (on Windows/Linux). In the Project tool window on the left, select the directory src/main/java/-app. Now, let’s add some code to this project.
Open the pom.xml to see the dependencies. Expand the Web section under Dependencies, select Spring Web, and then, click on Create.Īs you can see, IntelliJ IDEA has created the Spring Boot project for you, with a default Maven project directory structure, and a pom.xml that includes the dependency we selected when creating the project. We can also select the dependencies we want to add to our project here. We’ll go with the latest stable version, which currently is 3.2.2.
In the next screen, we can select which version of Spring Boot we want to use. Change the name of the project to greetings-app, select Create Git repository to add the project to version control, select Maven as the type, and click Next. In the New Project dialog, select Spring Initializr on the left. Our first step is to create a new project, which we can do right from the Welcome screen by clicking the New Project button, or (if we already have a project open), from the main menu by selecting File | New | Project. If you’d like to follow along with this tutorial, you’ll need IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate, as well as an active subscription to AI Assistant or the free seven-day trial license. In this article, we’ll be building a small Java Spring Boot web application in IntelliJ IDEA with the help of JetBrains AI Assistant.