This is a guest blog post by Jules Faucherre, Software Engineer at Ponicode.

We celebrated our first Plugin Developers Day and congratulated all those involved in building plugins for JetBrains products.

The Revamping Plugins series is about sharing the experience of updating outdated plugins to align with the latest IntelliJ Platform SDK guidelines. We hope this series will help you better understand how this is done and the tools JetBrains provides to simplify the process. The IntelliJ Platform allows creating plugins and themes that extend the base functionalities of IntelliJ-based IDEs in many ways, such as adding language support, enhancing the build system and debugger, or simply changing the user interface. Initially, it was possible to create such plugins using the JetBrains Proj

IntelliJ Light and Darcula are well-known UI themes provided by default within IntelliJ-based IDEs. Some users like to stick with the preselected bright interface, while others prefer the Light-on-dark color scheme. However, many developers like to express their individuality by selecting from a wide variety of themes provided within the Themes category in JetBrains Marketplace. The reason we choose certain themes is different for each of us – old habits, appreciation for pretty things, color vision deficiencies, better for focusing, or any number of other things. JetBrains Marketplace – Th

IntelliJ Platform Explorer IntelliJ Platform Explorer is a web application introduced at the end of 2020 with the Get to the Extension Point blog post. This tool was created as part of JetBrains Marketplace and can be found in the Resources header menu. This tool presents a list of all the open-source IntelliJ Platform plugins hosted on GitHub. It provides information about the plugin itself and used technologies (build system, language, implemented Extension Points) for each plugin. You may also be interested in the Extension Point List section of the IntelliJ SDK Documentation, which lists

The Revamping Plugins series is about sharing the experience of updating outdated plugins to align with the latest IntelliJ Platform SDK guidelines. We hope this series will help you understand the process of doing this and the tools JetBrains provide to make it easier. Creating plugins for the IDE of your choice is not just about developing killer features to help others in their day-to-day work – gaining attention through marketing is essential, whether you’re distributing it for free or selling it via Marketplace. In Revamping Plugins #1, we discussed the .ignore plugin from the technical

We’ve brought a brand new feature to JetBrains Marketplace – Plugin Ideas! It’s a place for sharing ideas for plugins and functionality missing from IntelliJ-based IDEs. If you like any of the ideas you can cast your vote on them to help them get the attention of plugin developers and even add your own feedback on what you would like to see. Let’s take a look into the details of how it works! Backstory In 2010, the Plugins Repository introduced a Wishlist section where users could express what features they felt were missing in their IntelliJ-based IDE. We’ve collected hundreds of suggestion

The IntelliJ Platform SDK changes dynamically, and each major release of JetBrains IDEs fixes bugs, adds new features, or introduces breaking changes in the SDK. Because of that, it’s essential to keep track of the Known Breaking Changes list in the IntelliJ Platform SDK Documentation. The plugins that we’re working on can sometimes become outdated, and to catch up with all the changes required to get them up-to-date and compatible with the latest IDE releases is difficult. The Revamping Plugins series is about sharing the experience of updating outdated plugins to align with the latest Intell

The project we've been working on this year together with the Marketplace team is finally ready for the first public release! IntelliJ Platform Explorer is a web tool integrated within the Marketplace platform. It helps IntelliJ Platform plugin developers examine implementations of the Extension Points available in public GitHub repositories. Backstory When working on IntelliJ Platform plugins as a third-party developer, it’s essential that you examine the source code of the IntelliJ Community repository and other existing plugins hosted on GitHub. Analyzing existing Extension Point examples

Want to create a plugin for IntelliJ Platform but tired of reading the documentation? Join our webinar on Wednesday, December 16, 2020 at 17:00 CET / 16:00 UTC / 11:00 EST for all the information you need to get started writing plugins. We will be covering: IntelliJ Platform SDK, Useful resources for planning, developing, and deploying plugins with the IntelliJ Platform SDK, IntelliJ Platform Plugin Template, Free and paid plugins, and how to customize your plugin page and make it stand out in JetBrains Marketplace. Register to save the date, get a calendar invite, and a reminder 30 minut