IntelliJ#

IntelliJ is the IDE that best supports Kotlin development.

Installing IntelliJ#

You could install IntelliJ directly, but I recommend installing Jetbrains Toolbox to manage your install. If you would like, you can sign up with your school email and get access to paid features of JetBrains products, but the free IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition is more than enough to get the job done.

Opening the Project#

You should already have the project cloned somewhere. When prompted to open a project by IntelliJ, you may open an existing project. Navigate to where you cloned the project, click on the enigmashowdown directory and then click “open”.

Ignoring Directories#

Optionally, you can mark some directories as excluded in IntelliJ. Marking these directories as “excluded” means that their search results will not show up in search everywhere.

  • docs/.venv

  • docs/build