Ensure you have installed the Prerequisites

Create a new directory for your project and change to it

Download the skeleton and start a new git repo by executing:

curl -L https://github.com/nurous/java-webapp-skeleton/tarball/master | tar zx --strip-components=1 && git init

Run the build (gradle ideaLibs precommit) to download libraries and make sure everything works

Create your first commit ('git add . && git commit')

Open the (existing) IntelliJ project

Rename the base module (java-webapp-skeleton) to match your project name

Rename the package 'your_package' using IntelliJ's rename refactoring to an appropriate package name

Go to the 'TO DO' tab and fix the ones marked with 'MAJOR'.

Run the build (gradle precommit) to make sure you haven't broken anything

Create a commit with your changes ('git add . && git commit')

Rename Thingy to be your first domain model object.

The remaining 'TO DO' items are numbered and indicate things you should do to familiarize yourself with the code and begin implementing your application