New Project dialog box

The New Project dialog box in the AWS Toolkit for JetBrains is displayed when you create an AWS serverless application.

New Project dialog box (IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm, and WebStorm)

Note

The following screenshot shows the New Project dialog box for IntelliJ IDEA, but the field descriptions also apply to PyCharm and WebStorm.

The New Project dialog box contains the following items:

Project name

(Required) The name of the project.

Project location

(Required) The location where IntelliJ IDEA creates the project.

Package Type

(Required) The AWS Lambda function's deployment package type, which can be either Zip or Image. For information about the difference between Zip and Image package types, see Lambda deployment packages in the AWS Lambda Developer Guide.

Runtime

(Required) The ID of the Lambda runtime to use.

SAM Template

(Required) The name of the AWS Serverless Application Model (AWS SAM) template to use.

Project SDK

(Required) The Java development kit (JDK) to use. For more information, see Java Development Kit (JDK) on the IntelliJ IDEA Help website.

New Project dialog box (JetBrains Rider)

Note

When you create a new solution, this dialog box contains the title New Solution instead of New Project. However, the dialog box's contents are the same.

The New Project dialog box contains the following items:

Solution name

(Required) The name of the solution.

Project name

(Required) The name of the project.

Solution directory

(Required) The path to the solution's directory.

Put solution and project in the same directory

(Optional) If selected, puts the solution's files in the same location as the project's files.

Create repository

(Optional) If selected, creates a remote repository for the project with the specified provider.

Package Type

(Required) The Lambda function's package type, which can be either Zip or Image. For information about the difference between Zip and Image package types, see Lambda deployment packages in the AWS Lambda Developer Guide.

Runtime

(Required) The ID of the Lambda runtime to use.

SAM Template

(Required) The name of the AWS SAM template to use.

Resulting project structure

(Non-editable) The paths for the created project's directories and files.