I created a new Project from scratch in IntelliJ by using a Maven Module. I didn\'t select any specific archetypes and I clicked on finish. The project gets created
There is a bug in Intellij 12 please go to Settings->Compiler and un-check "Use external build" check box - the idea behind it was that it was suppose to run faster with a compiler run in a separate process but in fact there is a bug and when using maven it does not copy resources.