Liferay supports two IDEs with preconfigured Liferay Workspace wizards and functionalities
These aren’t the only IDEs you can leverage to use Liferay Workspace, but they are the ones with out-of-the-box support for it.
Visit the appropriate section to learn how to import a workspace with the highlighted tool.
Dev Studio
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Navigate to File → Import → Liferay → Liferay Workspace Project.
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Click Next and browse for your workspace project.
Figure 1: You can import an existing Liferay Workspace into your current Dev Studio session.
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Once you’ve selected you workspace, click Finish.
IntelliJ
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Select File → New → Project from Existing Sources….
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Select the workspace you want to import. Then click OK.
Figure 2: Specify your workspace's configurations.
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Click the Import project from external model radio button and select the build tool your workspace uses (e.g., Gradle or Maven).
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Configure the project import (if necessary) and then click Finish. See the Import a Project section of IntelliJ’s official documentation for more information.
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Step through the remaining import prompts and then open your imported workspace as you desire (i.e., in the current window or a new window).