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Learn more about how things are going with K2 mode.

If you’re a developer working with Cursor, exploring alternatives for your growing project, and are curious to see what IntelliJ IDEA has to offer, this article is for you. While Cursor emphasizes a minimalistic setup approach, IntelliJ IDEA strikes a balance between out-of-the-box functionality …

Java Annotated Monthly with the latest selection of tech news and tips for May is here.

Try Declarative Gradle EAP3 in IntelliJ IDEA and experience a more readable, test-friendly build setup.

As of its 2025.1 release, IntelliJ IDEA is now also fully MCP Client compatible. What does this mean for you? Find out in this article.

Welcome to the May edition of Java Annotated Monthly! This month, we have a special guest – Anton Arhipov. He joins us to share standout articles and other discoveries that recently caught his expert eye. Alongside his picks, you’ll find your regular dose of Java and tech news, AI updates, and indus…

Starting with version 2025.1, Kotlin Notebook will be integrated into IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate out of the box, without the need to install the plugin! Kotlin Notebook is a new interactive environment for JVM developers. The code in the notebooks can even call and use parts of your project codebase, al…

Starting with IntelliJ IDEA 2025.1, K2 mode, a new implementation of Kotlin support, will be enabled by default. This change is an important step in the ongoing effort to improve Kotlin support in the IDE.  While this transition brings many improvements and lays the foundation for a smoother…

We’re excited to announce our reworked terminal architecture, which is available in Beta starting with the 2025.1 versions of JetBrains IDEs. It now runs on a stable, standards-compliant core and uses the IDE's editor for UI rendering. This change lets us introduce new features while preserving comp…

Join us online on June 3–4 for a free virtual IntelliJ IDEA Conf 2025.

It’s been a while since we announced workspaces for IntelliJ IDEA – a feature that lets you manage multiple projects in a single IDE window – and we’ve received tons of feedback and made a lot of improvements since then. We see this feature as a tool to improve the developer experience by allowing y…

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