When something is there for us day after day, we tend to take it for granted. In IntelliJ IDEA, there are several features that many people don’t even notice, even as they use them all the time. One of these features is the Java bytecode decompiler. (more…)

If you've already joined IntelliJ IDEA 14 EAP, grab the freshly baked build that we published just now. If you haven't, it's a perfect time to do so now. The most notable change in the new build is a built-in decompiler for Java classes. Now you don't need any third-party plugins to take a look at what's inside a library for which you don't have the source code. This might not always work for Java 8 and non-Java classes, but we're working on making it better and your feedback is always appreciated. Other interesting things to try out: Windows installer with bundled JRE uses Java