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The Declarative Gradle project, aimed at making Gradle build scripts easier to read and use, is at full steam. Last month, EAP3 landed, bringing testing support and more DCL language features, like lists and files. Read the Gradle blog post to learn more about what the EAP, and Declarative Gradle…

Developing an application with AWS services can introduce significant local‑development hurdles. Often, developers don’t receive timely AWS access, or a sysadmin inadvertently grants credentials for the wrong account – only to fix the error a week later. Then, when engineers discover they still lack…

We’ve just released the first minor version for IntelliJ IDEA 2025.1 – v2025.1.1. You can update to this version from inside the IDE, using the Toolbox App, or by using snaps if you are a Ubuntu user. You can also download it from our website. Here are the most notable updates: Setting bac…

Welcome to the May edition of Java Annotated Monthly! This month, we have a special guest – Anton Arhipov. He joins us to share standout articles and other discoveries that recently caught his expert eye. Alongside his picks, you’ll find your regular dose of Java and tech news, AI updates, and indus…

Kotlin Notebook is a new interactive environment for JVM developers. This article will cover the main Notebook features and how you can utilize them to improve your productivity.  How to use Kotlin Notebook Kotlin Notebook is bundled with IntelliJ IDEA starting from the 2025.1 release, an…

In this blog post, we will look at how to debug Java code using the IntelliJ IDEA debugger. We will look at how to fix a failing test, how to find out where an `Exception` is thrown, and how to find problems with our data. And we will learn some neat tricks about the debugger in the process!  …

Spring Framework 6.2 introduced MockMvcTester to support writing AssertJ style assertions using AssertJ under the hood. If you’re using Spring Boot, the spring-boot-starter-test dependency transitively adds the most commonly used testing libraries such as mockito, assertj, json-path, jsonassert, …

Starting with version 2025.1, Kotlin Notebook will be integrated into IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate out of the box, without the need to install the plugin! Kotlin Notebook is a new interactive environment for JVM developers. The code in the notebooks can even call and use parts of your project codebase, al…

Starting with IntelliJ IDEA 2025.1, K2 mode, a new implementation of Kotlin support, will be enabled by default. This change is an important step in the ongoing effort to improve Kotlin support in the IDE.  While this transition brings many improvements and lays the foundation for a smoother…

We're excited to tell you about all the changes we've made in recent months to improve the Bazel plugin experience in IntelliJ IDEA. Every couple of weeks, we've been shipping updates to JetBrains Marketplace with focused fixes and features. Over time, these smaller updates have amounted to substant…

I'm Yan Zhulanow, and I lead the Kotlin Analysis API team. Last year, we made a series of announcements about Kotlin K2 mode in IntelliJ IDEA. Now, as K2 mode is about to become the default, I am thrilled to tell you more about everything we had to go through to make this release happen. Even bef…