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Setting up a new project

Now that you're hooked, the fastest way to set up a new sandbox and start experiencing SHAFT is using our TestNG Maven Archetype.

You can do that by following this lovely IntelliJ IDEA guide.
- Before you press Create you'll need to add the archetype first by using this data
```
GroupId: io.github.shafthq
ArtifactId: testng-archetype
Version: ${archetype.version}
```
Replace
${archetype.version} with the latest SHAFT_Engine: TestNG Archetype version.
- It should look something like this
Or you can do it manually by following these steps:
1. Download the latest version of mvn
2. Add it to your PATH variable
3. Create a new directory for the project, and navigate to it.
4. Open a Terminal window in the target directory and execute the below command.
Generate a new SHAFT project
```
mvn archetype:generate "-DarchetypeGroupId=io.github.shafthq" "-DarchetypeArtifactId=testng-archetype" "-DarchetypeVersion=${archetype.version}" "-DinteractiveMode=false" "-DgroupId=io.github.shafthq" "-DartifactId=using_SHAFT_Engine"
```

Replace

${archetype.version} with the latest SHAFT_Engine: TestNG Archetype version.

Customize

"-DgroupId=io.github.shafthq" and "-DartifactId=using_SHAFT_Engine" with the groupId and artifactId that you want to use for the new project.