Hi ! im new here how to setup kotlin in IntellJ ID...

# getting-started

[Chills]

Hi ! im new here how to setup kotlin in IntellJ IDE , have seen couple of video on youtube and read article but damn when ever i click the Run button it shows set configuration. Feel Intellj is really complex.

[Dico]

IntelliJ is really powerful. If it shows a popup there for the configuration, it probably Marks some boxes in red that you need to provide. E.g. missing JDK.

[Evan R.]

If you have a main() function already there should be a green arrow button in the gutter next to it. Try clicking that and it will be added as a run configuration automatically after running your program.

[Chills]

there is no green button

[Chills]

IntelliJ may be powerful but it really aint that good.
to configure some setup its hard as hell.
prefer vscode 😞

[Matteo Mirk]

You won’t get far with this attitude 😉 every tool has its learning curve, try to take some time to read how Intellij works, when you get used to it you’ll understand how a powerful IDE it is, I promise!

[Matteo Mirk]

This is the button Evan was referring to. It’s located in any editor where there’s a main function.

[Chills]

have spent considerable time looking for it , probably an hour or two
been successful on my workplace system not so lucky on home.
why so?
in workplace i followed the process
in home i didn't , played a lot by breaking things.

[Chills]

shifted to eclipse ide
thank for the help!

[Chills]

this was the common issue when i was using intellij
Error: Could not find or load main class FooKt
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: FooKt

[Dico]

What it comes down to is that you didn't want to try to understand the error so you gave up.

[Chills]

there is something called time and every project have it.

[Matteo Mirk]

If Eclipse is working for you, fine! Use what gets the job done quickly. I don’t don’t know about its Kotlin support, but I don’t think it can par with IntelliJ. Maybe try to use it again when you have some time in the future, good luck!