In almost any application, there are situations when you need to work on small elements of code in other languages embedded in your project code. For example, these can be fragments of HTML code in Java, or regular expressions sprinkled around your application. Working with such code elements is super easy in IntelliJ IDEA because it features language injections. They bring code highlighting, completion, error detection, and other coding assistance features to embedded code fragments. Let’s take a closer look at how language injections work. (more…)

When something is there for us day after day, we tend to take it for granted. In IntelliJ IDEA, there are several features that many people don’t even notice, even as they use them all the time. One of these features is the Java bytecode decompiler. (more…)

Tracking dependencies between application components can be difficult. Complicated relationships and cyclic dependencies might seriously affect application performance and behavior, and hinder the reuse of components. But what if you could see the dependencies in your application? IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate has the perfect tool for this: DSM analysis. DSM stands for Dependency Structure Matrix – a method that visualizes dependencies between modules, classes, and other project components and highlights the usage flow between them. DSM analysis can help you complete many tasks, even the ones that a