Creating an Empty Project

  1. Navigate to the project creation window.
    • On the MindStudio IDE welcome page, choose Projects from the left menu and click New Project on the right.
      Figure 1 Project creation page
    • On the MindStudio IDE project page, click in the upper left corner of the project page. On the menu bar, choose File > New > Project...
  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 IDE 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