AIMA4e Using IntelliJ IDEA

IntelliJ IDEA

Note: You will require a GitHub account for these steps to work correctly.

• Select the menu item VCS->Checkout from Version Control->GitHub
• In the Clone Repository dialog enter the Git Repository URL: https://github.com/aimacode/aima-java.git :
  
  
• Hit the Clone button (you will need to wait a little bit while the repository is downloaded to your local drive).
• When the Checkout From Version Dialog pops up press Yes:
  
  
• In the Import Project dialog select the Import project from external model radio button and select Eclipse:
  
  
• Hit the Next > button.
• In the following Import Project dialog select options that suit your workspace:
  
  
• Hit the Next > button.
• In the following Import Project1 dialog:
  
  The three projects, aima-core, aima-gui, and aimax-osm should be listed and be automatically selected (you can deselect aima-all as it is not required).
• Hit the Next > button.
• In the final Import Project dialog ensure you have selected at minimum a version of the JDK equal or greater than 1.8:
  
  
• Hit the Finish > button.
• Currently, the default branch is still AIMA3e. To switch to the AIMA4e branch, from the menu go to VCS->Git->Branches... and then select origin/AIMA4e->Checkout as new local branch:
  
  
  
• The core, extra, gui directories may not appear in the Project tool window. To resolve this, close (File->Close Project) and then reopen the project. Upon reopening, you should receive a notification about an unlinked Gradle project in the Event Log.
  
  Click the Import Gradle Project link to bring up this dialog:
  
  Hit OK and then the project should refresh and show folders from the AIMA4e branch.
• A dialog to import Gradle Project data should appear. Leave everything selected (default) and hit OK:
  
  
  
• At this point, if you try to build the project through Build->Build Project, you may see errors similar to the picture below:
  
  Apparently, IntelliJ gets confused with the build settings in the default AIMA3e branch. One way to resolve this is to configure the project through Gradle.
• Select the menu item View->Tool Windows->Gradle which will bring up the Gradle tool window. Click on Execute Gradle Task:
  
  
  
• Type build in the Gradle command line (gradle build) and then hit OK. You should see the build process execute and succeed:
  
  Building the project from the menu item Build->Build Project from this point onwards should also succeed.
• You should now be able to work with the AIMA4e projects in IntelliJ. Try to run the AIMADemoApp through aima-java/gui/src/main/java/aima.gui/app/AIMADemoApp.java.