IntelliJ IDEA 2021.1 is Out!

Today we're announcing the initial release of Projector – a tool and framework for running JetBrains IDEs and Swing apps remotely over your network. As you may know, Swing is a graphical widget toolkit for Java. Current JetBrains IDEs use Swing to draw the UI. The same is true for other IntelliJ-based IDEs, like Android Studio. Even though it is generally a good thing that JetBrains IDEs and Swin

You know about pair programming, right? Well this month we decided to triple on creating Java Annotated Monthly. So this month we have a different approach to the newsletter, where the "annotations" are provided by three different people: me (Trisha), Dalia and Helen. So, bear in mind that "I" is going to refer to more than one person! However, the quality remains the same as u

JetBrains IDEs are well known for their ability to understand code. They can track declarations, check references and types, and collect possible execution paths. Thanks to all this static analysis, you are able to rename and move things around safely, get appropriate code completion, and get warned with a message saying “hey, this won't run” from the code inspection if you are adding something th

If you are still working with Java 8, you might have mixed feelings about the news of the release of Java 16. However, you’ll see these numbers are going to increment at a much faster and predictable rate with Java’s six-month release cadence. I’m personally excited about Java 16! It adds Records and Pattern Matching for instanceof as standard language features with Sealed classes continuing to be

It's becoming more and more common to run the applications you’re developing in Docker containers or on remote machines, rather than in your local environment. Wouldn’t it be handy to run, test, and debug applications remotely without leaving IntelliJ IDEA? Well, our new Run Targets feature makes this possible. Please note this is an initial version of Run Targets. We plan to make it better in fut

On December 17, 2020, we hosted the live stream ‘Java, Containers and IntelliJ IDEA’ by the amazing Elder Moraes, RedHat Developer Advocate, Java Champion, Board member at Sou Java, and author of multiple books on Enterprise Java. The code and presentation used in this live stream by the speaker can be accessed using this link. Elder’s presentation also includes a great comparison and summary of t

In this video we're going to take a look at IntelliJ IDEA's built in terminal. This performs the same function as your operating system's terminal or command feature, but using the terminal inside IntelliJ IDEA has a number of benefits. Opening the IntelliJ IDEA Terminal Window In this example we have a simple Spring Boot application that needs a running MongoDB database. We can open the terminal

There are lots of features in IntelliJ IDEA that can help you to focus and maximize your productivity. A big factor in helping your productivity can come from how the UI and, more importantly, your code are presented to you. There are many scenarios: reading and analyzing code to understand something, editing statements to change the behavior slightly, writing a big chunk of the implementation, c

The Project tool window shows you the tree of your application along with its dependencies. It also allows you to create new classes, files, and folders, add frameworks, rename and relocate items, and so on. In IntelliJ IDEA, there are several options that can make your work with the Project tool window even more convenient. Let’s take a look at them. (more…)

The end of 2020 is just around the corner. What a year! Let’s look back at the past 12 months and recap the best IntelliJ IDEA: how2pro tips and tricks. (more…)

Every developer has a unique workflow and as such might need a different set of tools to work comfortably in IntelliJ IDEA. This is why we offer an extensive tool set in both the Ultimate and Community editions of IntelliJ IDEA to help transform your coding experience. But with a wealth of options comes a new challenge: navigating around them. So how can you keep everything you need – and nothing

Update 12 of the Big Data Tools plugin for IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate, PyCharm Professional, and DataGrip has been released. You can install it from the JetBrains Plugin Repository or from inside your IDE. The plugin allows you to edit Zeppelin notebooks, upload files to cloud filesystems, and monitor Hadoop and Spark clusters. In this release, we've added experimental Python support and global search

I am pleased to announce that EAP 10 of the Big Data Tools plugin for IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate is available from today. Our goal was to fix as many problems as possible and improve the plugin from the inside out. In addition to some under-the-hood changes, two visible improvements have been made: With just a couple of mouse clicks, you can enable SSH tunnels to forward ports for Hadoop and Spark co