InteliJ IDEA Plugins: Accessing XML through IntelliJ IDEA DOM

Developers and other users of JetBrains IDEs have been using the integrated Markdown support for a long time. It is great for editing your project’s README.md file, as well as any documentation that comes with the source code, or even your static web site sourced in Markdown. You can also use Markdown scratch files to draft up blog posts, store your meeting notes, or a to-do list. (more…)

IntelliJ IDEA provides powerful coding assistance features, smart code completion, tons of inspections and context actions, and much more. But IntelliJ IDEA is not just an editor. It has powerful features that can make your user experience pleasant and easy as well. Today, we’ll take a look at the options you have for comparing various elements in IntelliJ IDEA. Comparing project files Let’s start with comparing files. Open the Project tool window by pressing ⌘ 1 on macOS  (Alt+1 on Windows and Linux), or navigate to View | Tool Windows | Project. From there, select the files

Web testing becomes more and more convenient with the advent of new frameworks that make our lives easier. Modern frameworks abstract us from a lot of configuration and boilerplate and let us concentrate on our business objectives instead. Selenium lets us interact with web elements through a convenient API. Selenide makes it handier by adding convenience methods and spares us from tedious setup. Every new technology strives to raise the bar and make web testing even more enjoyable. The value of such frameworks cannot be emphasized enough. They are force multipliers indeed! Now that’s related

After reading the title of this post, many developers might think that it doesn’t make sense. Professional developers write their code in a way that it is clear and readable not only to them, but to any developers that deal with it in the future – without any comments. While this is true, if we’re completely honest, we know it isn’t always as easy as that in real life. So, let’s take a look at how you can comment your code quickly and efficiently. There are various types of comments in code and not all of them imply that your code smells. We can leave comments to clarify the code fo