Eclipse workspaces and projects vs IntelliJ projects and modules?

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Bachalo picture Bachalo · Dec 3, 2010 · Viewed 14.4k times · Source

Switching to using IntelliJ for all my coding but am confused by the use of 'projects' and modules in IntelliJ.

Can someone tell me if Eclipse 'projects' is the same as IntelliJ's use of 'project'.

Or is an Eclipse 'workspace' more like an IntelliJ 'project'?

Answer

bradhouse picture bradhouse · Dec 4, 2010

The JetBrains website has this covered.

Migrating From Eclipse to IntelliJ IDEA

The quick answer is an Eclipse Project is equivalent to an IDEA Module. The concept of Project in IDEA is like a Workspace in Eclipse.

Edit:

Also take a look at the eclipse integration page.

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