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I always have a .gitignore file in my Dropbox folder that I copy over for new projects, knowing that any subsequent update to the copy isn't always synced with the original. Of course, it's not always necessary either, but it's something that's always bugged me. Recently I ran across a plugin for…

One of the core principles of computer programming is eliminating manual repetition. Not only is repeated code time-consuming to read and review, it is disproportionately complex to maintain and provides a ready source of bugs when one copy changes. Yet in spite of this, duplicating some code in a l…

Being 100% interoperable with the JVM, and subsequently with JavaScript, has always been among Kotlin's top priorities. With the amount of existing code, and a rich JVM ecosystem, having the ability of interoperating and leveraging these is crucial. (more…)…

Android developers will be familiar with the concept of resource IDs, which are unique integers generated by the Android Asset Packaging Tool (aapt) for accessing resources within your application through the static class, `R`. Resource IDs are assigned to all resources defined inside your project's…

Software has become an increasingly cooperative process, both for applications themselves and for those who build them. With today’s developer teams spanning classrooms and continents, good interprocess communication is critical, and Floobits can help. Floobits is a real-time collaborative editor, …

We've been working hard on the next upcoming release for Kotlin, M9, and it contains quite a good number of new features and some important changes. (more…)…

Boolean algebra can be difficult to reason about, which is why IntelliJ IDEA provides several inspections and intentions to simplify boolean expressions, improve readability and help make your code less prone to bugs. Here are just a few you may encounter while writing Java. 1. De Morgan’s Laws …

When doing screencasts on IntelliJ IDEA or some of our other IDE's, or giving live presentations, I usually use a very useful plugin which is called Presentation Assist. What it does, once installed, is display on screen the keyboard combination that was just pressed. The added benefit is…

IntelliJ IDEA is a platform on to which most functionality is provided in the form of plugins. IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate has all the functionality our other IDEs have (with the exception of iOS/OSX-targeted functionality in AppCode). Each smaller IDE in turn is pretty much a cut-down tailored version o…

The release of JDK 8 has introduced a number of new language features into Java vernacular. In this issue of The Inspection Connection, we will examine eight useful inspections that IntelliJ IDEA provides to help you become more fluent in functional programming on Java 8, migrate your legacy code, d…

The newest version of PhpStorm, a professional PHP IDE by JetBrains, champions developers working with proven and emerging web technologies for both backend and frontend development September 16, 2014 Prague, Czech Republic, September 16, 2014 — JetBrains, a world leader in professional s…

This post is part of a series of posts covering features in WebStorm 9 EAP: WebStorm EAP is open! Live Edit updates in WebStorm 9 - What's new? Tracing, debugging and profiling Node.js with spy-js JavaScript Postfix Completion WebStorm 9 EAP (138.1988): Meteor support, Gulp and more O…