9/5/14

• Finished installing IntelliJ on both computers
• IntelliJ, a Java IDE, is an alternative to more popular IDEs such as NetBeans and Eclipse. I personally chose IntelliJ to start this project because I wanted to experience things with a new IDE, as I have personally used Eclipse in the past and wanted to try something new!
• I had to follow several steps to install IntelliJ on both computers. I started with the MacBook first, since I knew my way around it better (however I still am experienced with Linux! Mainly Ubuntu and CentOS, I've ran servers in the past so CentOS was an industry standard). The steps I followed for Mac are explained below.
• Download the IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition Disk Image (.dmg file) from http://www.jetbrains.com/idea/download/
• Open the Disk Image and run the installer
• Although the Mac was relatively straightforward, I had to work a bit to get the IDE itself working on Linux. I followed similar steps, however some were a bit more complex.
• Download the IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition Linux Package from http://www.jetbrains.com/idea/download/
• Install the Linux Package via the dpkg command, shown below.
• tar xfz idea-13.tar.gz
• I then went into the IntelliJ directory, and ran the IDE, using the commands below.
• cd Desktop
• cd IntelliJ
• cd bin
• ./idea.sh
• The IDE was now working on both computers! I then had to install Android SDK on both, which is where it got a bit more complex. However, beforehand, I knew I had to setup some form of realtime editing, so that we could both see each others' changes. I found this in a plugin called Floobits, which I found at https://floobits.com/. We both created accounts, and from there it was simple. I followed the following instructions to install Floobits on both computers.
• Go to IntelliJ Settings (On Linux - File->Settings, On Mac IntelliJ->Preferences)
• Select the Plugins menu
• Select Install Plugin
• Type in Floobits and install it
• Restart IntelliJ and log into Floobits
• On the Mac, I decided to host the project. I created a private project via Floobits and had Aki join it on his computer via IntelliJ's Quickstart menu. It was fairly simple, there was a "Join a friend's workspace" button.
• We now had realtime editing! Next came Android SDK. I installed it on the Mac first. For the Mac, all you needed to do was download it from Google's Android Developer site and it was done. For Linux, I did the same thing, however I needed to link it to IntelliJ, via the Settings menu. I then doublechecked the Linux computer to make sure it had the right JDK and sadly it didn't. I installed that by going on Java's website, downloading the JDK, and installing it via the dpkg command.
• We then both created GitHub accounts, and we're still working on linking GitHub to IntelliJ.