The JetBrains Blog

Kotlin provides conciseness, null-safety, interoperability and functional constructs to Java 6 and up. February 15, 2016 JetBrains has announced the immediate availability of their Open Source language Kotlin, targeted at the JVM and JavaScript. Kotlin is a multi-purpose language that can b…

As February rolls around, and the cold weather really hits home, welcome to another PHP Annotated Monthly for February 2016. This month has been compiled by epic conference attendee and PhpStorm Developer Advocate Gary Hockin. (more…)…

The Java ecosystem is teeming with new technologies. Whether you write mobile apps or middleware, dozens of new libraries and frameworks are released each month. Today’s Java ecosystem is not just growing - but growing up. With the introduction of lambdas and streams, we have seen enormous growth in…

New in PhpStorm 11, you can now step-debug your REST API right from within the REST API test tool, without ever leaving your IDE. It's live in the current EAP and planned for release in Q2 2016. (more…)…

Code repositories often have copyright notices in multiple places, and in some cases every file may have a copyright notice you want to update. PhpStorm now includes the Update Copyright... tool, which allows you to manage the copyright notices in single or multiple files across your project. (m…

Happy New Year! Welcome to the first PHP Annotated Monthly of 2016, a year that may well become one of the most interesting and exciting in the life of PHP. This month has been compiled once again by PhpStorm Developer Advocate Gary Hockin. (more…)…

Recent versions of PhpStorm have bundled several interesting formatting changes. Let's take a look at what formatting changes have been seen in PhpStorm 9 & 10. (more…)…

As we turn the calendar on the Java Annotated, we predict the year ahead will bring enormous growth for Java. With lambdas and streams now firmly planted in the Java ecosystem, developers are starting to reap the benefits of functional programming and cultivating new breeds of reactive services and …

Everyone wants to be able to find the project they need to work on quickly and easily, so to help, PhpStorm 10 introduces the new and improved Project Management window. (more…)…

Containers. IoT. Microservices. Reactive programming. These are the trends have driven the evolution of Java over the last twelve months. As web developers are shifting away from monolithic applications toward asynchronous, event-driven services, we have watched these same trends emerge and take hol…

With the Holiday season fast approaching, and the game-changing release of PHP 7, we have a lot to cover in the December edition of PHP Annotated Monthly. This month has been compiled by the Santa of Script, Gary Hockin – Developer Advocate for PhpStorm. (more…)…

When PhpStorm 10 spots that you've referenced a class that doesn't exist, the inspection will highlight the class name and show a warning. Using the new Create Class action means you can create the missing class quickly and easily. (more…)…