The format of code is something all developers have an opinion on! With IntelliJ IDEA, a team can define their standards and have the IDE apply them automatically, so developers don't have to think about formatting their code as they work. (more…)

May saw the 25th birthday of Java! And if you're into silver linings, one of the positives about lockdown/no travel is that all events were online, and not limited to the few people who could attend a handful of conferences. In fact, this whole "situation" (as people keep seeming to call it) has provided opportunities to create content that's much more accessible to a wider range of people. In other news, 2020 is the year that keeps on giving </sarcasm>. Be kind to those around you. (more…)

JetBrains loves all programming languages, and developers of all types! This May, Java turns 25 years old! So we want to pay it special attention, and celebrate 25 things we love about Java and the JVM. (more…)

A few weeks back we published a blog post and video about Code Completion. Now we're going to look at Code Generation, which compliments the completion features so nicely that in the past we put both sets of features into a single video. Code Generation is a really helpful feature in IntelliJ IDEA, particularly for Java programmers. Although Java as a language is steadily reducing the amount of boilerplate and typing that developers need to do, there are still plenty of common patterns of code that we simply shouldn't have to type character by character. Indeed, in IntelliJ IDEA, we do not

We've been updating our videos lately. Some are topics that haven't been covered before, and some, like this one, have been covered more than once. In this video, we wanted to show the different types of code completion available in IntelliJ IDEA, and when you might want to use them.  There will be things in this video you already know, but you might also find a surprise or two. (more…)

Well April sucked. May isn't going to be much better, even if here in Spain they are actually letting us outside to exercise now. Hang on in there. Distract yourself with the articles in this month's newsletter if you like, or focus on other things that matter more. Take care of yourself and those you love. Stay safe. Stay home if you can. (more…)

Most readers of the IntelliJ IDEA blog are long past writing "Hello World" applications, but there are plenty of people who haven't yet taken that first step to writing a Java program. If you are one of them, this tutorial is for you. (If you're an experienced developer, show students, juniors, friends and family this tutorial to get them started). (more…)

Many of our screencasts and videos highlight particular features of the IDE. Others are tutorials on specific technologies. We decided to create a video which puts all of this together and shows how using a range of IntelliJ IDEA features helps developers to write code. IntelliJ IDEA is designed to help us stay in the flow so we don't get distracted by the mechanics of what we're doing. This video aims to show what that looks like. (more…)

Well, what can I say? For much of the world it has been a terrible month (and let's be honest, we have not shown enough empathy for our friends in Asia who suffered this before us), and I'm not super optimistic about the next month or two. As usual, I'm compiling this newsletter from Spain, which you've probably read in the news is not doing well right now. Not surprisingly, a lot of this month's content is around remote working, but honestly work is the last thing on many people's minds right now, and rightly so. Stay safe. Stay home if you can. (more…)

It's only two weeks since the last Java Annotated Monthly and we have another huge issue! I'd like to say March's edition is dedicated to International Women's Day, and it can be if you like. To be honest, the inclusion of women contributors in this month's newsletter is, in fact, nothing special or new. It's the result of several years of hard work identifying new sources of videos and articles, intentionally expanding the people I follow on Twitter, and placing effort into amplifying voices that deserve to be heard. There is still plenty of room for improvement though so I will not relax and

IntelliJ IDEA has keyboard shortcuts for most of its commands related to editing, navigation, refactoring, debugging, and pretty much everything else we might want to do regularly. Learning and practicing these shortcuts so they get loaded into our muscle memory can help us to stay in the state of flow. There's a video of all these shortcuts in action on the IntelliJ IDEA YouTube channel. Alt + Enter Let's start with the most well known. This keyboard shortcut can be used to fix just about anything by showing us actions for the current context. (more…)

Holy guacamole there's a lot in February's Java Annotated Monthly! And it's not only because it's almost two weeks late! It's also because apparently I was either bored or stuck somewhere with just my phone and read a lot of stuff.  Anyway now you have pages of things to read this Valentine's Day. (more…)