Smart Type Completion Becomes Even Smarter

Protobuf, short for Protocol Buffers, is a language-agnostic data serialization format developed by Google. It is designed to efficiently and reliably serialize structured data to communicate between different systems and programming languages. Protobuf offers a compact binary representation of data, making it efficient for data storage, transmission over networks, or persistent storage. Protobuf uses a language called Protocol Buffer Language (proto) to define the structure of the data. The proto files specify the message types, fields, and their data types. These files serve as a contract be

If you’re a professional Java developer, you probably use IntelliJ IDEA as your IDE and Lombok as the framework that handles the Java boilerplate. What you probably didn’t know is that not only do these 2 technologies work well on their own, but when combined, they’re even more efficient than when used individually IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate comes bundled with the Lombok plugin which makes Lombok even more useful and convenient. In fact, it’s so highly valued that in the past, when the plugin was not bundled, many users would not upgrade until the plugin was compatible with the newer version of In

A few IntelliJ IDEA features or actions include the term ‘quick’. Do they speed up certain processes? Let’s find out. In this blog post, I’ll cover what these features are, why you need them, and how you can use them. 1. Quick Lists If you have actions that you use regularly but don’t have shortcuts assigned to because most key combinations are usually taken up by other shortcuts, Quick Lists are here to help. With a quick list, you can create a short list of your favorite actions, and assign just one shortcut to it. Each action in the list will be identified by a number from 0 to 9. To acces

This Debugger Upskill blog post is the first in a series devoted to the IntelliJ IDEA debugger. In the upcoming articles, we’ll describe its core functionality as well as features designed for peculiar use cases. Our topic for this post is stepping, an invaluable procedure that allows you to move along your code to analyze it and find problems. We’ll explore how basic and advanced stepping actions help you use the IntelliJ IDEA debugger more efficiently. To start stepping, you must either pause an ongoing debugging session or let the program stop at a breakpoint. When you are ready, you