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This blog post explores the current state and future plans for Kotlin scripting.
Kotlin’s evolution is significantly driven by its community. Learn about the Kotlin Evolution and Enhancement Process (KEEP) and how you can contribute.
Starting from the 2024.1 EAP, IntelliJ IDEA comes with an optional K2 mode. In this mode the IDE uses the K2 compiler for faster and more robust Kotlin code analysis.
Kotlin DSL is now the default for new Gradle builds. From now on it will be the default option in the plugins and documentation.
This blog post continues from the previous one about how we measure IDE performance and what results we’ve already achieved. We want to give you a few tips on what to do if you are still experiencing poor performance and show you how best to approach us with issues that bother you. Features to us…
The performance of your tools, and especially your IDE, has a significant impact on your development experience. For a long time, performance was a pain point for Kotlin developers, especially those who worked with large codebases or with complex code structures. This is why for the past year we've …
The recently released IntelliJ Scala plugin 2018.2 offers many new features and improvements. Here's a tutorial on how to use them: To play with the implicit-related improvements, paste the following code into Project View: class Implicits { import scala.language.implicitConversions def …
First of all, we want to thank all the contributors who have helped us to implement so many useful new features, bug-fixes, and refactorings. You really inspire us to do our very best work. Your input is greatly appreciated! Let’s take a look at the new features you’ll find in Scala Plugin 2018.2. …
Ammonite, developed by Li Haoyi, is a well-known toolset that lets us use Scala language for scripting purposes. It contains a modernized REPL, a replacement for the Bash system shell, a Filesystem Library, and specific notations for more productive scripting. Even though many situations in which y…
We have exciting news to share with you – the IntelliJ Scala plugin 2018.1.9 is now available! Get the fresh build here or update your plugin via IDEA / Settings / Plugins. Let’s cut to the chase and take a look at the goodies that are inside this new Release build. Literal Types support As lit…
Meet the newly released Scala Plugin 2018.1! It’s packed with a whole variety of features, improvements and bug-fixes, and ready for download. In preparing this release for you, we’ve focused on the overall quality and UI/UX aspects, but also managed to add a couple of new interesting features. Read…
First of all, we want to thank all the contributors who helped implement many useful features, bugfixes, and refactorings. You really inspire us to do our very best work. Your input is greatly appreciated! Now let’s take a look at the new features you’ll find in Scala Plugin 2017.3. Highlighting…
