2019.1

Today we are excited to announce the winners of the IntelliJ Themes Contest 2019, that were chosen by you - our incredible community! But firstly, we’d like to thank all of you who joined in with the contest either by submitting an awesome theme or by voting for the theme you liked the most. Than…

As a code base ages, new code is added, and the existing code is modified to meet the business requirements. This can often have a negative impact on the design and structure of the code. Developers may fear working with such code as it is difficult to understand, modify, or extend. As a develope…

For a long time, IntelliJ IDEA came only in black and white, with developers advocating for customization tirelessly. Today we have exciting news for you: IntelliJ IDEA 2019.1 will become more flexible than ever thanks to Custom Themes! Now you will have the power to design your own theme from sc…

IntelliJ IDEA 2019.1 Beta2 is now available! You can download IntelliJ IDEA 2019.1 Beta 2 from the website, or update via our Toolbox App. Kubernetes Since we announced support for Kubernetes via the plugin a year ago, we’ve been extending it with almost every release, and 2019.1 is no excepti…

The upcoming IntelliJ IDEA 2019.1 goes Beta! To install IntelliJ IDEA 2019.1 Beta, download it from the website, update from our Toolbox App, or use a patch update. The Beta builds are sufficiently stable compared to the EAP builds, but some issues may still occur. If they do for you, please repo…

With switch expressions, Java 12 is enhancing one of its basic language constructs – switch – to improve everyday coding experience for developers. Benefits are multi-fold. As compared to the ‘traditional’ switch constructs, switch expressions can return a value. The ability to define multiple const…

Come and take a look at the fifth EAP build for the upcoming IntelliJ IDEA 2019.1. You can download it from our website or via the JetBrains ToolBox App. Maven build output is now reported to the Build tool window In the upcoming IntelliJ IDEA 2019.1, all the Maven build output will be shown i…

Quick! Take a look at the pack of fresh new features the latest EAP build for IntelliJ IDEA 2019.1 has to offer you! Recent Locations Popup The upcoming IntelliJ IDEA 2019.1, introduces a refreshingly new idea - an ability to view all the recently visited or changed code locations. Please welc…

A new IntelliJ IDEA 2019.1 EAP build is here! Let’s take a look at what this new build has to offer. Editor Sublime Text keymap Switching over from another IDE is not easy, especially if you've been using it for a while and got used to all its little quirks. One of the things you’ll most li…

A new EAP build for the upcoming IntelliJ IDEA 2019.1 is now ready for you to try. It comes with better data flow analysis, JVM Debugger improvements, Kotlin 1.3.20, and Maven 3.6.0. Let’s dive into the details. Java Data Flow analysis enhancements With each major release we improve our dat…