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Step Zero: Install Chocolatey

Chocolatey is a package manager, a command line tool for Windows used to install programs. It manages (adds, updates, uninstalls) software without requiring much user interation.

To install Chocolatey:

• Run the Windows Power Shell as Administrator
• Go to Chocolatey install page, copy the command for Individual use and paste it into your Power Shell.

Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -bor 3072; iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://community.chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))

Step One: Install JDK + Gradle

In the Power Shell, these Chocolatey commands to install the Java Development Kit (which includes Java Runtime and development tools like the Java compiler) and Gradle (a build automation tool):

choco install openjdk11
refreshenv
choco install gradle

Note: to use the most up-to-date Chocolatey command, search any package on the official package search tool

Step Two: Choose an IDE!

The last step is to choose an Integrated Development Enviroment, like Eclipse, IntelliJ IDEA (the Community Edition is free) or VS Code.

If you are undecided about what IDE to use, read this interesting reviews:

• "[Difference between IntelliJ Idea and Eclipse]"(https://www.javatpoint.com/intellij-vs-eclipse)
• "[IntelliJ vs Eclipse vs VSCode]"(https://dev.to/nisachampagne/intellij-vs-eclipse-vs-vscode-1g09)