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Even though we are planning to release IntelliJ IDEA 2018.3 this week, we haven’t forgotten about our previous releases. Today we are ready to release bug-fix updates for both IntelliJ IDEA 2017.3 and IntelliJ IDEA 2018.1. Both of these updates are available from our website: IntelliJ IDEA 2017.3.6 (build 173.4674.60) – Download IntelliJ IDEA 2018.1.7 (build 181.5540.23) – Download (more&he

Please welcome a new bug-fix update - IntelliJ IDEA 2017.3.5! First of all, with this update, we fixed SSH access to GitHub when using the built-in SSH executable. As GitHub dropped support for weak cryptographic keys, it caused connectivity issues when the built-in SSH executable was used to connect to GitHub. So we’ve updated the built-in SSH executable to make it compatible with GitHub’s new

We’ve just published the first build as part of IntelliJ IDEA 2017.3.5 EAP (Early Access Program). It’s got some notable improvements that you don’t want to miss, so download and give it a try! First of all, we’ve updated the built-in SSH executable so that now it supports strong cryptographic algorithms. The updated built-in SSH client version is now compatible with the new GitHub cryptographi

Meet the newly released IntelliJ IDEA 2017.3.4! Packed with a whole variety of improvements, our fourth bug fix update for IntelliJ IDEA 2017.3 is ready for download. Grab the latest version from our website or update via Toolbox App. Here are the most notable bugs that have been fixed with the update: Now renaming a module is reflected in the dependent module’s file (.iml): IDEA-176554.

Today we’ve released IntelliJ IDEA 2017.3.3, the third bug-fix update for the recently released IntelliJ IDEA 2017.3. Download the new version from our website or get the update using Toolbox App. This update includes a lot of fixes and improvements. Check out the release notes to see the full list of issues fixed with this update. In this blog post, we’re just going to mention quickly the most

Good news! An RC build of the IntelliJ IDEA 2017.3.3 bug-fix update is ready. We encourage you to download the RC build from Confluence (or via Toolbox App) and try it right away. This RC build fixes the Tool Window docking issue IDEA-149061. Now Tool Windows opened in split mode and pinned to the status bar won’t disappear. Also, a feature for auto-formatting request results has been implem

Today we’re happy to announce that a new IntelliJ IDEA 2017.3.2 bug-fix update is now available! Check out our release notes for the full list of fixes; and download the new version from the JetBrains Website or via Toolbox App. First and foremost, the Kotlin plugin bundled with the IDE has been updated to v1.2.10. The updated plugin contains a fix for a major Gradle performance regression KT-2

The Kotlin plugin bundled with IntelliJ IDEA 2017.3 has been updated to Kotlin 1.2. The key new feature of Kotlin 1.2 is its support for multi-platform projects – projects where the same code is compiled to target the JVM or JavaScript. Such projects consist of common modules, containing platform-independent code, and platform-specific modules. To support calling the platform-specific APIs from co

As usual, the latest release of IntelliJ IDEA comes with improvements to help with debugging applications. New Overhead Tab Debugging an application comes with an inevitable cost. While we may know this, it's not always obvious what this might be. IntelliJ IDEA 2017.3 comes with a way to visualize this cost. There's now a new tab, Overhead, which gives a view of the cost of debugging. If you

Even though IntelliJ IDEA 2017.3 was released just yesterday, today we’re already opening up the chance to get going with the new EAP- IntelliJ IDEA 2017.3.1. You’re more then welcome to give this first EAP build a try. First of all, this build has the ability to install and deploy the IDE on Windows in silent mode. Now the silent installation of IntelliJ IDEA let you install multiple users ins

Exciting news! A new massive update for IntelliJ IDEA is here. Please welcome IntelliJ IDEA 2017.3! It includes loads of new features and dozens of important bugfixes. Try it right now, and see for yourself. Read more about the highlights of this release in this blog post. (more…)

The release of IntelliJ IDEA 2017.3 is just around the corner. And we have some more features which we would like to tell you about. Check them out! Multiple soft limits In IntelliJ IDEA in the Editor there is a guideline that indicates a suggested maximum line length, so the code is hard wrapped to the Right margin while typing or after Code Reformatting. We have enhanced this feature in In

In IntelliJ IDEA 2017.3 the Docker integration has had a lot of changes made to it, both big and small. What does this really entail though? Let’s find out! First of all, there are improvements to the Run/Debug Configurations dialog. Now you have the choice of three types of Docker Run Configurations: Docker Image Dockerfile Docker-compose (more…)

The wait is almost over, IntelliJ IDEA 2017.3 RC is available for download! Here’s an overview of the most interesting updates to the build. New features and better Usability: The Background Image feature has been added to the general settings. There’s now a new easier way to change the background of your IDE – just click the Background Image button. (more…)

Exciting news for Ubuntu users: you can now use snaps to install IntelliJ IDEA EAP builds, including both community and ultimate editions. Snaps will update your app automatically, and you’ll always have a fresh IntelliJ IDEA build right out of the oven. Snaps are really easy to install and use. On Ubuntu 16.04 LTS or later, snaps come pre-installed. We currently distribute IntelliJ IDEA EAP

The JUnit 5 testing framework was released on September 10. However, IntelliJ IDEA has had support for JUnit 5 for quite some time, and the latest v2017.3 provides even more goodies – inspections and quick-fixes to make it easier for you to migrate your JUnit 4 tests to JUnit 5. (more…)

Please welcome our new IntelliJ IDEA 2017.3 EAP build. This build includes several changes let’s dive right in and take a look at the most notable ones. New Build Tool Window IntelliJ IDEA 2017.3 had a new Build Tool Window for all of the Gradle build output. However, for running the task and testing, displaying the output in the Build Tool Window was not as useful for our users as we had ho

In this post, we’ll give you a summary of the improvements we have made in our support for Spring Boot and the brand new Spring Boot MVC; all of which will be available and waiting for you in the upcoming IntelliJ IDEA 2017.3 Spring Boot MVC web support The long-awaited support for Spring Boot MVC web applications, is already available in the IDE. With IntelliJ IDEA 2017.3, MVC context for S

IntelliJ IDEA 2017.3 EAP brings support for Local-Variable Type Inference. A long-awaited Java 9 has been released just a few weeks ago, but we’re already looking forward to the new goodies Java 10 is going to bring. Though the chances are it might not be called Java 10. Oracle has proposed moving Java to releases every six months, so we might have the next release already as early as March 201

IntelliJ IDEA 2017.3 is now available for public preview! Everyone is welcome to download the public preview build right away. We are committed to creating a better product, we really appreciate your input when you share your feedback and send us bug reports. We are constantly working to improve user experience and productivity, and, of course, on bug fixes. In this post, we’d like to give you a g