Click file– New Project, pop up the following settings box, select Maven, set the SDK, tick create from archetype, select Maven-archetype-webapp below, and click Next.
Set the GroupID and Artifactid of the project, such as set complete click Next,next.
Set the project name and project path in the location, click Finish.
For the first time, maven may need to download the plugin for archetype WebApp, depending on the network situation. The project was created successfully, as shown in.
Configuring the Src/main/java Directory
In the We may have found that the necessary Java directories are missing. CTR + SHIFT + ALT + S, open the Project Settings screen, select modules– "sources–" src– "Main, right-click Main, select New Folder, fill in Java in the popup input box, click OK. Right-click Java, select Sources, set this directory to sources directory, click OK to complete the directory settings.
At this point, a simple MAVEN Web project is created.
Intellij idea 14 Creating a MAVEN Web project