First project

I will explain this process with TBuild, because it is the buildtool of my choice, all the steps in ThIDE are probably the same, for everything buildtool related please check out the docs of the buildtool of your choice.

In ThIDE

1. First open ThIDE
2. If you want to start with a configured and custimized enviroment, check out the settings page First and come back here afterwards
3. If you have an existing project and want to use it with ThIDE, check out the convert projects page
4. If you finally have the ThIDE you want for your first project, open an empty folder

In TBuild

5. Now press the TBuild button. It will ask you, if you want to download TBuild. Here you have to Press yes
6. As soon as the download is finished TBuild should open up. If not, press the TBuild button again. In TBuild press the "init" button

Last steps

7. Go back to ThIDE, and right click in the file tree on the left. Then press refresh. You should now see a file structure
8. Open /src/main/java/Main.java This is your preconfigured Main file. You can change it by changing the word "Main" in the topbar, at "Main class"
9. Now have fun coding!

Additional information

ThIDE currently needs you to use a specific file structure. It is

root/
├── src/                       # Source code
│   └── main/
│       └── java/              # Java source files
│       └── resources/         # Resources
├── libs/                      # External libraries
├── T.xml                      # Project configuration

You should put all your assets and such things in resources, this is where a resource gets loaded from.