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2021.1

We’ve got great news to share with you today! After almost five weeks of the EAP, the Beta version of IntelliJ IDEA 2021.1 is now available! Major fixes and new features have been implemented, and we are now putting the finishing touches on the IDE for its release in mid-March. You can download the Beta build from our website, get it from the free Toolbox App, or update using snaps if you’re an U

Week five of the EAP brings us to the final v2021.1 build before we introduce the release preview. In this build, you can test WSL 2 support for Maven and Gradle projects, SSL support in the HTTP client and its UI updates, a possibility to query JSONPath, and more. To try out all the updates, you can download the latest build from our website, get it from the Toolbox App, or update using snaps i

The EAP continues with a fourth build for IntelliJ IDEA 2021.1! You can download it from our website, get it from the free Toolbox App, or update using snaps if you’re an Ubuntu user. This time we’ve introduced the ability to adjust font weights, support for a Git commit template, faster highlighting of code problems in Kotlin, embedded shared indexes in IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition, and more.

The third EAP build for IntelliJ IDEA 2021.1 is now available! It brings support for Perforce in IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition, new Java inspections, UI enhancements, as well as some other minor updates. You can download the new EAP build from our website, get it from the free Toolbox App, or update using snaps if you’re an Ubuntu user. Let’s take a look at some of the most important changes an

The second week of the 2021.1 EAP brings UI changes and product-wide fixes. You can download the new EAP from our website, get it from the free Toolbox App, or update using snaps if you’re an Ubuntu user. Without further ado, let’s get started! Here the most notable updates for EAP 2: When you don’t get any search results in the Search Everywhere dialog, you can click

IntelliJ IDEA has plugins to support various Version Control Systems. Some, however, are only available in IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate, and until now, Perforce Helix Core integration was among them. Starting with 2021.1, the Perforce Helix Core plugin is open-source and compatible with IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition, though it is not bundled. The plugin can be installed from the marketplace: https://p

It's becoming more and more common to run the applications you’re developing in Docker containers or on remote machines, rather than in your local environment. Wouldn’t it be handy to run, test, and debug applications remotely without leaving IntelliJ IDEA? Well, our new Run Targets feature makes this possible. Please note this is an initial version of Run Targets. We plan to make it better in fut

New year – new Early Access Program! We are primarily treating IntelliJ IDEA 2021.1 as a quality release that will enhance the product’s usability and its UI. We’ll also be focusing on the pain points identified by you in our issue tracker, and we have plans to deliver several new features as well. Follow this series of EAP blog posts to get the latest information about the changes coming in Intel

The IntelliJ IDEA Blog

2021.1

IntelliJ IDEA 2021.1 Goes Beta!

IntelliJ IDEA 2021.1 EAP 5: WSL 2 Support for Maven and Gradle, Support for JSON Path, and More

IntelliJ IDEA EAP 4: Adjustable Font Weight, Support for a Git Commit Template, and More

IntelliJ IDEA 2021.1 EAP 3: Perforce Integration, New Java Inspections, and More

IntelliJ IDEA 2021.1 EAP 2: Quality Enhancements

Perforce Helix Core Plugin Goes Open Source

Run Targets: Run and Debug your App in the Desired Environment

IntelliJ IDEA 2021.1 EAP 1: Support for Java 16, WSL 2 Support, Run Targets, and More