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

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…)

After a 16-month Early Access Program (EAP), 16 EduTools plugin releases, and 70 weekly platform updates, we've moved JetBrains Academy out of EAP to a subscription model. Now we're celebrating with various trial options and a 50% discount plan.

Learning is always a challenge. We know this and we keep it in mind when developing our educational products. We believe that any challenge can be overcome if it is tackled step by step with support and feedback. That’s why all our educational products focus on learning with discrete topics and tasks, and instant feedback. The same is also true for us as product developers. We rely on a step-by-step strategy and we value our users’ feedback more than anything. In the previous post, we announced the next step for JetBrains Academy – the move from Early Access to a subscription model – and we as

Back in February 2019, we announced the Early Access Program (EAP) for JetBrains Academy – an educational platform with a focus on learning by doing. We launched the program with a curriculum for Java including 25 projects that students could build while learning and practicing new concepts. These EAP months have been very exciting! With more than 130,000 registered students, it has brought us an incredible amount of user feedback. Users have shared so many wonderful ideas with us. These ideas have led us to rethink and rework JetBrains Academy again and again, always striving to make it a bet

Happy Wednesday! As you may know, we recently released a Python track at JetBrains Academy. We hope it becomes a useful learning resource for everyone who’s venturing into Python. We’re now running a two-week Twitter campaign where we’re posting a series of cool Python facts and giving away 1000 hypercoins to each of 10 lucky commenters on our tweets! Would you like to share in the fun? Add your own #PythonFacts in the comments to the facts shared by our Twitter account for a chance to win hypercoins, which you can use to get your project reviewed by expert dev mentors! In any case, follow J

Starting today, Python joins the good company of Java and Kotlin as a programming language that you can learn with JetBrains Academy. We’re glad to announce the Python Track is ready and is waiting for learners! Start the Python Track or read the Start Guide for more details. (more…)

In February, we launched JetBrains Academy – an educational platform for future professionals. We started with Java, and during these first months, we’ve worked to identify and adopt the learning concepts we believe in. Now it’s time to take it a step further. We’re excited to announce that the Kotlin track is ready for you! We are passionate about learning and believe in the following: Learning programming language concepts alone is never enough. The best way to learn is to go beyond lectures and learn by doing. It's never too late to pursue your dream job. Every learning goal is achievab

This February, we announced the EAP (Early Access Program) for JetBrains Academy, a new educational experience for future developers. JetBrains Academy enables learners to select projects to practice on and go through Java topics required for completing these projects, following their individual curriculum and tracking progress through the Knowledge map. VISIT JETBRAINS ACADEMY The Hyperskill platform features the Knowledge Map, many available topics, and project selection, while project completion is enabled via IntelliJ IDEA Edu (IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition with the EduPlugin installed)

In the spring of 2018, JetBrains polled over 1,500 Java developers worldwide to identify their learning patterns and preferences. We were curious to know the evolving educational trends among developers and set out to gather insight into how people learn Java on their way to becoming professionals. VIEW THE RESULTS OF THE SURVEY We hope the survey findings will help us all better understand how people learn Java and answer some critical questions: How do people start to learn programming? Have they ever considered alternatives to Java? What has kept them driven? Which new technologies do dev

Please welcome JetBrains Academy – an educational platform for future professionals. Based on our experience in building excellent IDEs, we want to share with you the craft of software development. VISIT JETBRAINS ACADEMY The first member of JetBrains Academy's learning experience is Hyperskill, a project-based Java learning platform. For each level of Java knowledge, Hyperskill takes learners through every level of Java comprehension and offers to create small applications built step by step. This combination challenges learners to apply new knowledge to practical solutions and thus get a de