IntelliJ#
IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition is the open-source version of IntelliJ IDEA, an IDE (Integrated Development Environment) for Java, Groovy, and other programming languages such as Scala or Clojure. It is made by JetBrains, maker of PyCharm Python IDE.
Before you start#
You should have both Miniconda and IntelliJ installed and working.
Set up IntelliJ using Miniconda#
Find location of Miniconda Python executable:
which python
The system responds with your path to Python. You need this in the next step.
Within IntelliJ#
Go to
File > Project Structure > Platform Settings > SDKs
Click the Add (+) icon
Choose
Python SDK
Enter location of Miniconda Python executable
/Users/UserName/miniconda3/bin/python
Note
Substitute your actual path to Miniconda that you found in the previous step.
Go to
File > Project Settings > Project > Project SDK
Select from the drop-down: Python 3.6.0 (~/miniconda3/bin/python…)
Go to
Run > Debug
Click the Add (+) icon
Select
Python
and then enter the following:Name: MyProject
Script: /Users/UserName/MyProject/my_file.py
Use Specified Interpreter: Python 3.6.0 (~/miniconda3/bin/python…)
For more information, see the IntelliJ IDEA documentation.