Just one month ago, we released Jetpack Compose for Desktop Milestone 1, the first public iteration of our modern declarative UI framework. We were delighted about how the Kotlin community has embraced Compose for Desktop. It was awe-inspiring to see people bring their Android apps to the desktop, re-implement the user interfaces of famous applications, and bring entirely new experiences to life with Compose for Desktop. Visit the Compose for Desktop landing page Since then, we have been hard at work to bring you the next version. Today we’re publishing Compose for Desktop Milestone 2, dedica

Today, we are excited to present the first milestone release of Jetpack Compose for Desktop, a modern UI framework for Kotlin that makes building performant and beautiful user interfaces easy and enjoyable. We invite you to take this technology preview out for a test drive, and we eagerly await your feedback! Visit the Compose for Desktop landing page Delightful desktop UI development Compose for Desktop provides a declarative and reactive approach to creating user interfaces with Kotlin, with an API inspired by other modern frameworks like React and Flutter. At its core, Compose for Desktop

TL;DR Focusing on the quality of the Toolbox App, we have completely rewritten it in Kotlin. We’ve introduced a new Settings page, updated system requirements, and fixed dozens of bugs. In this update, we’ve focused on bug fixes and on the overall quality of the Toolbox App. The story The Toolbox App began as a Hackathon project, though it had a different name. The state of the technology was very different at the time, however. Java was still in version 8, and Kotlin had not been released yet. We decided to try something new, so we implemented the core of the application in C++, and for

The time has come to update your tools and start using their new features. All the JetBrains IDEs are now polished and new, ready for you to create something great. Take a look at this short summary of what you can find in the new versions of the JetBrains IDEs. We would also like to remind you that the easiest way to update your tools is via the Toolbox App. Download the Toolbox App IntelliJ IDEA 2020.1 adds support for Java 14 and new features for a number of frameworks, upgrades the debugger with dataflow analysis assistance, adds a new LightEdit mode, and downloads and configures the JD

We’ve updated the JetBrains Toolbox browser extension for Chrome and Firefox. It can now clone and open files from private instances in JetBrains IDEs, whether you use corporate repositories at GitHub Enterprise or self-hosted GitLab or Bitbucket instances. Install the extension Please keep in mind that to start using this extension with private instances, you first need to enable it on your custom domain. Follow the steps below: Install the extension if you haven’t yet done so. Right-click the Toolbox extension icon on the browser toolbar to open its preferences. Tick “Enabl