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

**Topics**
+ [New Project dialog box (IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm, and WebStorm)](#new-project-dialog-intellij)
+ [New Project dialog box (JetBrains Rider)](#new-project-dialog-rider)

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

![\[The New Project dialog box for IntelliJ IDEA.\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/toolkit-for-jetbrains/latest/userguide/images/sam-create-images.png)


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](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lambda/latest/dg/gettingstarted-package.html) in the *AWS Lambda Developer Guide*.

**Runtime**  
(Required) The ID of the [Lambda runtime](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lambda/latest/dg/lambda-runtimes.html) 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)](https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/sdk.html#jdk) on the IntelliJ IDEA Help website.

## New Project dialog box (JetBrains Rider)
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**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.

![\[The New Project dialog box for JetBrains Rider.\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/toolkit-for-jetbrains/latest/userguide/images/sam-create-images-rider.png)


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](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lambda/latest/dg/gettingstarted-package.html) 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.