IntelliJ IDEA 2021.3 Is Out!

It's the last Java Annotated Monthly of 2021, and the last Java Annotated Monthly that I, Trisha, will personally produce. But never fear, as you've seen this year there are others in JetBrains who have already given their own voices to Annotated Monthly, I know I am leaving it in more than capable hands. I have been the caretaker of this newsletter for over five years, and this is my 56th issue!!

IntelliJ IDEA 2021.3, our final release of 2021, is now available! Download it from our website or via the Toolbox App. You can also upgrade to this version inside the IDE or via snaps if you use Ubuntu. In this release, we’ve delivered new features and quality enhancements to improve the IntelliJ IDEA user experience. Quality-wise, we’ve paid close attention to the feedback you’ve been giv

Hello! As usual, early November brings news and tips as well as community-related updates, helpful advice, and noteworthy opinions on the evolving technologies and frameworks around Java. In this edition of Annotated Monthly, we’ll talk about Java 17, possible shorter LTS cycles, and the future of Java. There is also an interesting article about different ways to network in the Java communi

Hello, and welcome to the October selection of the last month’s most exciting stories from the Java world. It is no secret that September was all about Java 17 – the latest long-term support (LTS) release after Java 11. We were very excited about the event, and we’ve prepared an impressive collection of materials about this highly-anticipated release. In this blog post, you’ll find informat

Integrate IntelliJ IDEA with your issue tracker and work with tasks assigned to you right from the IDE. No issue tracker? Create your own tasks!

Ever wondered how blockchain works? Check out this blog post to find the answer, and master this technology with IntelliJ IDEA and the EduTools plugin.

There are a lot of debugger tutorials out there that teach you how to set line breakpoints, log values, or evaluate expressions. While this knowledge alone gives you a lot of tools for debugging your application, real-world scenarios may be somewhat trickier and require a more advanced approach. In this article, we will look at how to locate code without much prior knowledge of the project struct

Take a look at some true gems of the IDE you thought you knew so well.

Though IntelliJ IDEA is a fully capable IDE, you may want to personalize it. The JetBrains Marketplace has plenty of plugins with useful features that can address your personal or business-specific needs. The library is enormous, and it can be a bit easy to get lost. In this blog post, we’ll share our recent and all-time favorite plugins. We are also curious about what plugins you love, so plea

Images are a great way to personalize anything. Recently, a gif showing a customized IntelliJ IDEA caught my attention (here's its screenshot). It included a custom inspection with an avatar based on one of my very dear friends, Chandra Guntur, posted by another dear friend, Sirisha Pratha: This was a perfect opportunity for me to invite Sirisha to talk about how she has been customizing IntelliJ

We’ve brought a brand new feature to JetBrains Marketplace – Plugin Ideas! It’s a place for sharing ideas for plugins and functionality missing from IntelliJ-based IDEs. If you like any of the ideas you can cast your vote on them to help them get the attention of plugin developers and even add your own feedback on what you would like to see. Let’s take a look into the details of how it works! Ba