New Features in Toolbox App 1.14.

Posted on March 21, 2019 by Marina Kovaleva

Toolbox App 1.14 Released

Hi all! This is a new release of the Toolbox App which includes two features and a few bugfixes.

Reorder IDEs

You can reorder installed tools as you wish.

How: simply drag an IDE from its left side up or down to adjust the order. Or use the keyboard and press Ctrl+Shift+Up/Down (⌘⇧↑ or ⌘⇧↓ on macOS) to move the tools around.

Reorder IDEs

Rename IDEs

You can now easily rename your IDEs, like I have done in the GIF below.

How: go to the settings for the IDE in the Toolbox App and enter a new name in the “Display name” field. Go back to the main screen and your new IDE name will already be live.

Rename IDEs

Bugfixes in Toolbox App 1.14

  • An issue preventing Android Studio from being installed without the unzip tool on certain Linux distributions has been fixed.
  • Shell scripts now regenerate after an update.
  • After you move an IDE’s installation directory manually, it will now launch without any problems.
  • We’ve eliminated some memory leaks and improved startup performance. We are working on further performance improvements for the next release cycle, so stay tuned!

For more information please check out the release notes.

That’s it for today. Have fun!

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Your Toolbox App team 

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CheckiO & EduTools Integration

Posted on March 20, 2019 by Zoya Cherkasova

JetBrains’ Educational Tools now feature full integration with CheckiO — a learning platform for mastering Python and JavaScript through coding games.

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Java Learning Topics 2018

Posted on March 14, 2019 by Zoya Cherkasova

In the spring of 2018, JetBrains polled over 1,500 Java developers worldwide to identify their learning patterns and preferences. We were curious to know the evolving educational trends among developers and set out to gather insight into how people learn Java on their way to becoming professionals.

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VIEW THE RESULTS OF THE SURVEY

We hope the survey findings will help us all better understand how people learn Java and answer some critical questions: How do people start to learn programming? Have they ever considered alternatives to Java? What has kept them driven? Which new technologies do developers aspire to learn in their spare time? And how much time do they dedicate to education?

On top of the survey findings, our developers have added their own insights for learners. Ekaterina Tuzova, team lead in JetBrains Educational Tools, advises staying determined: «Software development is an enormous area so the learning process can be tough just because of the sheer amount of information available. Don’t take it too hard on yourself: you will face difficulties because there’s so much to learn; it is not because you’re not smart enough. If you ever consider quitting, do, because you’re no longer interested. Otherwise, believe in yourself and keep going!» Check out all the other tips for beginner Java developers inside the survey results!

Do you have your own tips to learn Java? Share your insights and findings with us on Twitter or other social media mentioning @jetbrains with the #javalearningtopics hashtag. We’re open to any feedback related to this survey so we can run an even better one next time.
Feel free to also send us any comments or specific questions that are unanswered. Or if you want to delve into the data yourself, we’re also sharing the raw survey data, which anyone can use to arrive at their own conclusions and additional findings.

Finally, we would just like to say a massive thank you to all the survey participants and the amazing JetBrains Research team that made this happen!

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JetBrains Academy EAP

Posted on February 27, 2019 by Zoya Cherkasova

Please welcome JetBrains Academy – an educational platform for future professionals. Based on our experience in building excellent IDEs, we want to share with you the craft of software development.
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The first member of JetBrains Academy’s learning experience is Hyperskill, a project-based Java learning platform. For each level of Java knowledge, Hyperskill takes learners through every level of Java comprehension and offers to create small applications built step by step. This combination challenges learners to apply new knowledge to practical solutions and thus get a deeper understanding of programming.

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JetBrains Security Bulletin Q4 2018

Posted on February 25, 2019 by Robert Demmer

We have resolved a series of security issues in our products in the fourth quarter of 2018. Here’s a report summary with descriptions of each issue and the version in which they were resolved.

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Python Developers Survey 2018 Results: The community knowledge

Posted on February 7, 2019 by Dmitry Filippov

In the fall of 2018, the Python Software Foundation together with JetBrains conducted the official annual Python Developers Survey for the second time. Much like the previous survey, we set out to identify the latest trends and gather insight into how the world of Python development looks at the end of 2018. Over twenty thousand developers from more than 150 different countries participated last year to help us map out an accurate, up-to-date landscape of the Python community. That is more than twice as many Python users participating in 2018 as in 2017.

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We are super-excited to share the results of the survey with you!

View the results of Python Developers Survey 2018

We hope the survey findings will help all of us better understand the current state of the Python developer community, see the big picture, and answer some potential questions. Find out about the most popular types of Python development, trending frameworks, libraries and tools, additional languages used together with Python, adoption rates of different Python versions, and gain many other insights into the world of Python.

We couldn’t include all the potential findings into the report without bloating it. If you have specific questions that are unanswered, send them to us and we’ll dig into the data for an answer. Or if you want to delve into the data yourself, we’re also sharing the raw survey data, which anyone can use to arrive at their own conclusions and additional findings.

We’ll be glad to learn about your findings! Please share them on twitter or other social media mentioning @jetbrains‏ and @ThePSF with the #pythondevsurvey hashtag. We’re also extremely open to any suggestions and feedback related to this survey so we can run an even better one next time. Feel free to open issues here with any comments or questions.

Huge thanks to all the participants of the survey and to the amazing team at PSF and JetBrains that worked hard to make this happen!

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The New Toolbox App 1.13 with Android Studio inside!

Posted on January 17, 2019 by Marina Kovaleva

TL;DR: the 1.13 update includes support for Android Studio, a new toggle to update all the tools you have installed automatically, a downgrade option, refreshed Settings UI, and bug fixes.

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Android Studio support

We are excited to announce the new version of Toolbox App, which comes with an eagerly awaited feature as voted for by you – support for Android Studio! It is now possible to install Android Studio as you would any other IDE from Toolbox App, making it possible to manage the installations with ease and keep up-to-date with all the changes coming from Google. While JetBrains Toolbox App is exclusive to JetBrains Products, we have made an exception with the inclusion of Android Studio, due to not only the very high demand as mentioned previously, but also because of the great collaboration we have with Google, and the sharing of a common platform. We’d like to thank everybody on the Android Studio team at Google for making this possible.
Toolbox App 1.13

Here are the highlights of the possibilities that come with Android Studio in Toolbox App 1.13:

Go to Android Studio Settings and choose to update to Release or Release and Canary.
Android Studio Settings in Toolbox App 1.13
Auto-update
Turn on the auto-update option in Android Studio Settings and make sure you are always working with the newest version.

Roll back
To quickly roll back to the previous version click the Settings icon and push the changes.

What’s new
When a new version comes out you will see the What’s New link near the installed IDE. Click it to read all about the new features and bug fixes being introduced in the version right inside Toolbox App.
What's new in Toolbox App 1.13
Projects

  • Open projects in Android Studio right from the Toolbox App Projects tab.
  • Pin your favorite project to the top of the list in the project Settings.

Projects in Toolbox App 1.13

1.13 also brings the following features

Refreshed Settings UI. We have changed the UI around a little by moving the Quit Toolbox App button and Back button up to the header on all Settings pages.

“Update all tools automatically” toggle in Toolbox App Settings. From now on you can automatically update all the tools which are installed with a new toggle in the Toolbox App Settings.
“Update all tools automatically” toggle in Toolbox App
Downgrade action. This new feature allows you to re-download the previous version from the tools server. Unlike the roll back feature it doesn’t require a previous build to be stored on your disk.
Downgrade action
Package size reduction. We have reduced the size of Toolbox App package by up to 25% depending on the OS, especially for those of you who value free space on your disc.

And of course we fixed some bugs:

  • The behavior of generated shell scripts on Windows and macOS is improved: they are now started in background and support opening the current directory in the IDE.
  • Adding the projects to favorites is now working from the first click.
  • In some cases, duplicate notifications were shown when there was an update available. We’ve fixed that.

For more information please check out the release notes.

We want to thank all our users for their feedback and the positive vibes they shared with us. We read every tweet you write and we are delighted when you share your best wishes mentioning @JBToolbox. (No, really, we rejoice like little children!)
And, we want to thank those evaluators who have helped make the Toolbox App releases in 2018 soft and stable. Special thanks go to the following contributors:

Chris (vqrslogin)
Eduard Wirch
Raphael Reitzig
Kirill Rakhman
Victor Turansky
Victor Alenkov

In appreciation of your valuable efforts, we are giving each of you a free 1-year subscription to All Product Pack. You will receive a personal email with details on how to claim your license.

Last year we worked hard to deliver Android Studio in Toolbox App because a lot of you showed us the demand you had for it by voting for this feature. If you have any other requests, please share your ideas with us in the YouTrack issue tracker or on Twitter.

That is about all for now. If you still haven’t tried Toolbox App out yet, what are you waiting for? Download the free Toolbox App and manage your updates with ease!

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Your Toolbox App team 

And don’t forget to check out the Google Chrome extension and Firefox Add-on for GitHub integration.

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Developer Ecosystem Survey 2019 is Live. Participate!

Posted on January 3, 2019 by Anastasia Chumak

At JetBrains, we strive to build tools that make developers more productive. To make our tools more relevant and useful for you, we want to know what is happening in the field of software engineering. This is why we are announcing the start of our third Developer Ecosystem Survey 2019.

If you’re part of the IT industry, please take the survey to share your experiences. The survey should take about 10-15 minutes and is available in 8 languages.


Developer Ecosystem Survey 2019

As a token of our appreciation, we will enter you into our prize draw where you’ll have the chance to win an incredible prize of your choice: an iPad Pro, a $250 Amazon certificate, Arduino Robot Kit, or a JetBrains Surprise Gift Pack.

After the survey is over, we will as always share the results and interesting findings, including the anonymized raw data so you can dig deeper and form your own insights.

This is the third dev ecosystem survey that we are conducting at JetBrains. Last year we had more than 15,000 participants from more than 100 countries.

This year’s survey covers even more programming languages and technologies. And yet, any particular respondent will see fewer questions, because we’re now tried to make it as short as possible to everyone.

Join us in understanding the industry better!

Invite your friends to take this survey, too! With your help, the study will better reflect our community and the whole world of developers.

The JetBrains Research Team

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So this is JetBrains, and what have you done?

Posted on December 21, 2018 by Robert Demmer

With over 22 product teams which are each responsible for their own products, we have a lot of creativity coming through to try to make all of our products as helpful as we can for you. Our MPS team has surprised us all this year with their epic shout-out to their community. Check out the MPS Twitter account to see what we are talking about.

It seems that now is a good time too to say our own massive thank you to the community.

We would like to wish every one of our users and the community of developers that we are a part of, a Huge Happy Holidays! We hope that you have a great year ahead to look forward to.

Stay tuned for our yearly State of Developer Ecosystem survey, Annual report, and more great content all coming your way in 2019.

Season's greetings from JetBrains

JetBrains
The Drive to Develop

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Educational Products 2018.3: More Kotlin and Python Learning, Better UI and Performance

Posted on December 12, 2018 by Tatiana Vasilyeva

With the 2018.3 release, Educational Products bring more learning opportunities for anyone interested in Kotlin and Python. The updated version also enhances the performance, user interface, and user experience of our IDEs to help learners focus on learning and teachers on teaching.

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