With this release we’ve been focused on the overall quality of the EduTools plugin and fixed many bugs. Read on to learn more! INSTALL EDUTOOLS PLUGIN Here are the most notable fixes available in v4.4: The formatting issue with task descriptions has been fixed (EDU-3806). You can now participate in Codeforces contests using a different programming language for each (EDU-3713). The proxy settings issue in Coursera courses has been resolved (EDU-3882). For the full list of issues addressed in the EduTools plugin, please see the release notes. You can update to the latest version of the

Version 4.3 of the EduTools plugin is now out! It introduces a new My Courses tab, along with improved organization of courses in the Course Selection view, a UI update for the Check Panel view, and several improvements for JetBrains Academy users. Read on to learn more! INSTALL EDUTOOLS PLUGIN Keep track of your progress with the new My Courses tab With the new My Courses tab in the Course Selection view, you can keep track of what you’re working on and what needs to be accomplished next. You can now see your progress right away and get back to working on your courses in one click. Organize

JetBrains is honored to be a sponsor of the International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC), one of the oldest and most prestigious competitive programming contests. On November 6 we held JetBrains Knowledge Day 2020, marking the beginning of the ICPC season and academic year. Olga Telezhnaya, Software Developer at JetBrains Educational Products, shares insights about how our products can give a professional advantage in competitive programming. In particular, our integration with Codeforces, an online platform for programming competitions and contests, makes it possible to solve tasks rig

Today we want to wish a very happy birthday to our Educational IDEs, and to thank you for being an important part of our learning community and believing that education has no limits! We want to start the celebration by taking a look back on the journey we’ve made together. Python has been and still is the most popular language used to learn and teach programming for beginners, and our JetBrains Developer Ecosystem Surveys proves this fact every year! At some point, it occurred to us that the power of PyCharm could be harnessed for educational purposes. That’s why, on October 30, 2014, we rel

EduTools plugin v4.2 is out and packed with improvements to the Course Selection view, support for 2020.3 versions of IntelliJ-based IDEs, and default placeholder texts customized for each supported programming language. INSTALL EDUTOOLS PLUGIN (more…)

EduTools plugin version 4.1 has improved integration with JetBrains Academy, new features for course creators, and some fresh UX changes.

On the 10th July 2020, JetBrains hosted a Technology Day for Java. We had 10 presentations and the videos for them are available here. Over the coming weeks, in no particular order, we'd like to share with you extra resources that our speakers kindly provided and any links to further reading or code samples. We hosted Anna Morozova and Tatiana Vasilyeva from JetBrains Educational Products talking to us about teaching and learning Java with JetBrains. Here at JetBrains we are all very passionate about helping others in the community to learn Java. We provide free licenses to over one million st

EduTools plugin v4.0 is available! This new version has a nice round number, so we’re celebrating that with something special to help you revel in your achievements – read on for more details. INSTALL EDUTOOLS PLUGIN (more…)

The 2020.2 release season for IntelliJ-based IDEs has already started, and we’re happy to announce that we’ve just released version 3.9 of the EduTools plugin, with support for the 2020.2 IDE releases. The 2020.2 versions of IntelliJ IDEA Edu and PyCharm Edu are also available. They combine the latest fixes for PyСharm and IntelliJ IDEA with the latest EduTools plugin updates from v3.9, such as support for Scala projects from JetBrains Academy, the possibility to embed YouTube videos in task descriptions, and more. INSTALL EDUTOOLS PLUGIN (more…)

The latest EduTools plugin release is now ready for you to try! Inside you will find a pack of new features, including: New tabbed view for course selection. The task description now shows the last verification result. Submissions display for JetBrains Academy. For the full list of changes, improvements, and bug fixes, please see the release notes. INSTALL EDUTOOLS PLUGIN (more…)

Programming is fun. It’s an exercise for your brain – a mental sport. When this sport is held over the internet with contestants challenging each other, it becomes Competitive Programming. JetBrains is proud to be a Global Tools Sponsor of the International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC), one of the oldest and most prestigious competitive programming contests. We have lots of tools and materials to support the brilliant and creative minds of the ICPC community on their journey, and in this series we will introduce you to a number of them. We’ll begin the series with this post, which dis

This month brings a new EduTools plugin release! Please give a warm welcome to EduTools 3.7, and the 2020.1.1 versions of both IntelliJ IDEA Edu and PyCharm Edu with the latest EduTools plugin version bundled. Here’s a quick overview of what’s been implemented: A new UI for browsing course cards. Courses that require additional plugins are now displayed. Many improvements relating to JetBrains Academy. INSTALL EDUTOOLS PLUGIN Let’s start exploring! A new UI for browsing course cards It’s never been easier to navigate through a list of courses and select the one you need. Now you have all t