IntelliJ IDEA 2021.2 EAP

The IntelliJ IDEA 2021.2 RC is available! The major release is coming soon, so now is the perfect time to give the new features a try. Download the latest build from our website or via the Toolbox App, upgrade to it from inside the IDE, or use snaps for Ubuntu. To use this build you need to have an active subscription to IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate. Don’t wait to familiarize yourself with the exciting new features 2021.2 will bring. You can start with project-wide analysis, which detects errors in your entire Java project. You can also try out the new actions that the IDE can perform upon

Apart from other helpful features we’ve described over the EAP period, IntelliJ IDEA 2021.2 contains some useful updates for Kubernetes and Docker. You can test them now by getting the latest build from our website, the free Toolbox App, or snaps for Ubuntu. The following feature overview will help you browse through numerous changes. Docker Compose Services synchronization Previously your IDE displayed only running services in the Services tool window. Starting with this EAP, you can make all of your Docker Compose applications appear there, even if they are not running. To displa

IntelliJ IDEA 2021.2 EAP 6 is now available! You can get the new build from our website, through the free Toolbox App, or as a snap (for Ubuntu). In this final EAP before Beta, we have focused on some framework-specific updates. These include a new refactoring to simplify and speed up the migration of Java EE usages to Jakarta EE, automatic download of shared indexes for new Spring Boot projects, microservices diagrams, and more. This build also conveniently groups on-save actions in one place and offers a reworked structure view for diagrams. Let’s learn more about the new features.

It’s been over a month since we started highlighting the new features that IntelliJ IDEA 2021.2 will contain. This week, our EAP comes with support for GPG signatures, UI updates for the VCS, Space integration improvements, and more. To test out the changes in EAP 5, you can get the new build from our website, through the free Toolbox App, or as a snap (for Ubuntu). Let’s dive in and explain in detail what we’re introducing in this week’s version. VCS GPG signature It is now possible to enable Git commit signing with GPG via Preferences/Settings | Version Control | Git. If it is

Week four of IntelliJ IDEA 2021.2 EAP starts now! As usual, it brings a new build with new features and helpful fixes. You can get it from our website, the free Toolbox App, or as a snap (for Ubuntu). You can test out our new project-wide analysis – a feature that is highly anticipated by the developer community. There are also some nice new Java and Kotlin inspections and intention actions we have introduced in the EAP. Before we begin, please note that starting with this EAP, you can join the program in IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate only if you have an active JetBrains account. If you have al

It is time for the third EAP for IntelliJ IDEA 2021.2! You can get the fresh build from our website, the free Toolbox App, or via snaps for Ubuntu users. This EAP introduces support for Async profiler 2.0, update notifications from the Toolbox App, preview tab in the debugger, and more. Let's take a look at what is inside. User Experience Update notifications from the Toolbox App Now you won’t miss any critical product updates from the Toolbox App. Your IDE will inform you if there is a new version available for download and offer to upgrade to it right from IntelliJ IDEA. You’l

Today we start week two of the IntelliJ IDEA 2021.2 EAP. The new build is already available from our website, the free Toolbox App, or via snaps for Ubuntu users. This EAP build brings quick access to Eclipse projects, Async Profiler for Windows users, a bundled Package Search plugin, changes to pre-commit checks, helpful UI changes, and much more. Let’s examine the new features in more detail. User Experience Quick access to Eclipse projects If you have Eclipse projects stored locally on your machine, IntelliJ IDEA can now detect them automatically. To try this feature out o