Creating a Maven project
Start by creating a brand-new project that uses Maven as the build tool
Let's create a brand new Maven project. From the Welcome Screen select New Project, or if you already have an IntelliJ IDEA project open, select File -> New -> Project...
Select Maven from the options on the left, and choose the JDK for the project.
We can optionally choose a maven archetype to use to create the project. If you're creating a simple project, you don't need to select an archetype.
Press Next.
You need to give the project a name, and you can optionally set the location. If you click on Artifact Coordinates you'll see more Maven settings.
You can declare a group id, and the artifact id of the application itself.
Press Finish, and IntelliJ IDEA will generate the Maven pom.xml for you.
As well as creating the basic pom.xml
, IntelliJ IDEA has also created the default directory structure for a Maven project with the source and test folders defined.
You can use ⌘E (macOS), or Ctrl+E (Windows/Linux) and then type in Maven to open the Maven Projects window, where you can see the standard Maven lifecycle phases, as well as the goals defined by various Maven plugins.