Register now and join us for a live webinar on 'Java, Containers and IntelliJ IDEA'. In this webinar, Java Champion Elder Moraes will talk about the advantages and challenges of using Java with containers, and how to navigate them, including hands-on demonstrations with IntelliJ IDEA. Day: Thursday Date: December 17, 2020 Time: 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm CET (more…)

IntelliJ IDEA 2020.3 Beta 2 is now available for download – upgrade to it from inside the IDE, or get it from our website or via the Toolbox app. The last major release of 2020 is just under two weeks, which means you need to hurry if you still want to test the new features. In case you missed our previous EAP blogs, here’s a video overview of everything that IntelliJ IDEA 2020.3 has to offer: If you are wondering what else we’ve fixed or introduced, you can check out the release notes. And if you feel like there is room for improvement, please don’t hesitate to raise a ticket in our issue tr

In this blog, we're going to look at how to share code that we've written on our local machine to a repository on GitHub. https://youtu.be/4ukhZvOmAtk This blog post covers the same material as the video with some additional tips and tricks. This provides an easy way for people to skim the content quickly if they prefer reading to watching, and to give the reader/watcher code samples and links to additional information. There are a few ways to use IntelliJ IDEA to publish code that we've written on GitHub. In this blog, we will go over two approaches. The first is the quickest where you create

IntelliJ IDEA 2020.3 Goes Beta! Today we hit a big milestone – the Beta version of IntelliJ IDEA 2020.3 is available! This means all the new features are out and we are now working on fixing bugs and getting IntelliJ IDEA ready for the major release in December. You can get the Beta build from our website or via the Toolbox app. While we're busy putting on the finishing touches, you can download the Beta and try out the new features: Git staging support. Code With Me – a built-in service for collaborative development. Interactive hints for variables during debugging and inline watch

We’ve already covered many of the most prominent features that you will use in IntelliJ IDEA 2020.3 in previous EAP blog posts. However, we still have some more in store for you. In this blog post, you will discover a new UX for the Extract Method refactoring, learn how to open any file in IntelliJ IDEA by default, and get to know what’s new in IntelliJ IDEA for Kubernetes. We invite you to test out all the new features by downloading the EAP from our website, installing it using the free Toolbox App, or updating to this latest EAP using snaps if you’re an Ubuntu user. Java New Extract Metho

As part of the previously announced effort, in IntelliJ IDEA 2020.3, we are deprecating CVS Integration. The CVS Integration plugin is not bundled with the IDE since 2019.1 but is still available in the plugin repository. The sources are also available in the common repository, so it is possible to submit pull requests with fixes and improvements, and if there are PRs, we will release an update of the plugins with the changes. Cheers, Your IntelliJ IDEA team

In this blog, we're going to take a look at both scratch files and scratch buffers and identify their key uses. This blog post covers the same material as the video with some additional tips and tricks. This provides an easy way for people to skim the content quickly if they prefer reading to watching, and to give the reader/watcher code samples and links to additional information. What Are Scratch Files and Scratch Buffers? Scratch files and buffers are temporary files that are helpful for a range of uses. Scratch files are fully functional, runnable and debuggable files. They're useful for

In good news, banning myself from reading the newspapers and scrolling through Twitter on my phone at night means my levels of anxiety are significantly lower this month. In bad news, it means less content for November's Java Annotated Monthly. The silver lining is that you can have a more relaxed November, with less stuff-you-have-to-read. (more…)

This week’s EAP is devoted to the new features and updates that will be available for the Ultimate Edition of IntelliJ IDEA in v2020.3. Discover the improved Endpoints tool window, more informative URL completion, important Spring updates, and more. We invite you to test out all the new features by downloading the EAP from our website, installing it using the free Toolbox App, or updating to this latest EAP using snaps if you’re an Ubuntu user. Endpoints Reworked Endpoints tool window In IntelliJ IDEA 2020.3, the Endpoints tool window for JVM projects will be significantly redesigned. Startin

Today we’d like to thank our users who have been helping us improve our IntelliJ IDEA localization plugins! You can now download the new plugin version for your IDE! Some numbers Since we announced the first EAP version of the IntelliJ IDEA localization plugins, we’ve seen an amazing response from our users resulting in more than 247,000 downloads of the Simplified Chinese version, 9,900 for the Japanese version, and 3,800 for the Korean version of the plugin. We’re continuing to work on these plugins and your feedback has helped us greatly: we’ve received over 500 requests for improvements v

On October 16, 2020, we hosted the live webinar ‘Working with SQL and Databases in IntelliJ IDEA’ by Maksim Sobolevskiy, Product Marketing Manager for Database Tools at JetBrains. He started with the basics of writing a simple query faster, and progressed to more complicated tasks like updating data, creating run configurations, and using language injections. Session details Maxim started his session by noting that DataGrip is a standalone JetBrains IDE for SQL and databases. IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate includes nearly all DataGrip functionality. In fact, DataGrip functionality is supported by n

It is now week five of our Early Access Program. We hope that you are enjoying all the new features we’ve added so far and that you’re ready for another set of updates. In IntelliJ IDEA 2020.3 EAP5, you will be able to stage changes in Git, customize your run configurations on one screen, use the debugger for Gradle tasks, and more. We invite you to test out all the new features by downloading the EAP from our website, install it using the free Toolbox App, or update to this latest EAP using snaps if you’re an Ubuntu user. Editor Java code completion based on Machine-Learning One of the EAP