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Note: The tip was originally posted at t800t8.blogspot.com by t800t8 Although the full JUnit 4 support will be added only in IntelliJ IDEA 6.0, you can run JUnit 4 tests right now, in the 5.1 release. Just follow the instructions below. Note: Of course, you need to add the JUnit 4 JAR file to the cl…

Contributed by: Etienne Studer When you press let's say Alt + F1 in the editor, you can see the so-called Quick List, that is actually a subset of commands that are nice to have "at your fingertips". In IntelliJ IDEA, you can create custom Quick Lists and fill them with the commands of your choice. …

Contributed by: Etienne Studer Note: The tip is valid only for MS Windows OS. If you often need to locate a file or folder in your file system, you can configure Explorer to be opened right from IntelliJ IDEA. 1.   Click IDE Settings | External Tools, and then click the Add button. 2.   Specify the …

No one can create a tool that does everything you want it to do. That's why so many IDE's provide some public API for writing plugins. IntelliJ IDEA is also one of them. But having an API is not all. How to start writing plugins for IntelliJ IDEA? What a plugin can and cannot add to the IDE? We hav…

Note   This tip&trick was contributed by both Bas Leijdekkers and Etienne Studer. The Live Templates provided by IntelliJ IDEA are very convenient while programming, due to their smart and context-aware behavior. On top of the predefined Live Templates, one can add custom Live Templates. For exa…

Award-winning JProfiler becomes latest IntelliJ IDEA companion product February 27, 2006 Prague, Czech Republic, February 27, 2006 — JetBrains, creators of intelligent, productivity-enhancing applications, today announced that JProfiler, the award-winning Java application profiling tool f…

Upgrade provides unprecedented localization support for Java applications, enhanced JavaScript and plug-in development support, and much more February 06, 2006 Prague, Czech Republic, February 6, 2006 — JetBrains, creators of intelligent, productivity-enhancing applications, today announc…

February 06, 2006 Prague, Czech Republic, February 6, 2006 — JetBrains, creators of intelligent, productivity-enhancing applications, today announced the launch of a newly redesigned dedicated website for its IntelliJ IDEA Companion Products Program. The new site has it's own URL on the JetB…

January 16, 2006 Prague, Czech Republic, Jan. 16, 2006 — JetBrains™, creator of intelligent, productivity-enhancing applications, announced today its IntelliJ™ IDEA has been named winner in the Best Java IDE category of the 10th annual Java Developer's Journal Readers' Choice Awards. …

Simple and super-fast performance profiler combines ease of use with rich functionality October 11, 2005 PRAGUE, Czech Republic -- October 11, 2005 — JetBrains™, Inc., creators of intelligent, productivity-enhancing applications, today announced the release of JetBrains dotTraceTM,…

Smart client finds, organizes, displays key change information directly from developer’s CVS, Subversion repositories October 6, 2005 PRAGUE, Czech Republic -- October 6, 2005 — JetBrains™, Inc., creators of intelligent, productivity-enhancing applications, today announced the rele…

Recognized for Best Technical Support Among Small to Medium-size Businesses September 30, 2005 PRAGUE, Czech Republic -- September 30, 2005 — JetBrains™, Inc., creators of intelligent, productivity-enhancing applications, announced its IntelliJ™ IDEA Java Integrated Developm…