Creating an Empty Project

  1. Navigate to the project creation window.
    • On the MindStudio welcome page, choose Project from the left menu and click New Project on the right.
      Figure 1 Project creation page
    • On the MindStudio project page, choose File > New > Project... from the top menu bar.
  2. In the New Project window, select Empty Project from the left menu.
  3. Click Next to set the project parameters, as described in Table 1.
    Table 1 Project parameters

    Parameter

    Description

    Name

    Project name (user-defined).

    Location

    Default path for saving a project (user-defined). (For users who use MindStudio for the first time, the default value is $HOME/MindstudioProjects)

    Create Git repository

    Whether to create a Git repository. A repository can be created only after this parameter is selected.

  4. Click Create. A project is created.

    If there is already an active project in the window, a confirmation message is displayed.

    • Click This Window to open the newly created project in the current window.
    • Click New Window to open the newly created project in a new window.
  5. After the project is successfully created, choose File > Project Structure... from the top menu bar to open the window shown in Figure 2. Then click Modules in the function bar on the left to manually create or import a module.
    Figure 2 Project Structure window