Tag Archives: Java

Java Annotated Monthly – May 2019

Posted on May 7, 2019 by Trisha Gee

This month we have a guest section on security, since there were so many relevant security articles to include. We have the results of two developer surveys, and a huge culture and community section that explores some of the factors that … Continue reading →

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Java Annotated Monthly – February 2017

Posted on February 8, 2017 by Trisha Gee

New year, new style?  This month we’re experimenting with a simpler format for JAM, so you can see at a glance the real titles of the articles being linked to.  The upside is more links! More news! And you can … Continue reading →

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Git Questions – How to get started with a GitHub project

Posted on January 30, 2017 by Trisha Gee

In this week’s Git questions we take a look at a simple but rather important step when you’re working on a GitHub Open Source project – how do you get started? In the video, Gary and I demonstrate how to … Continue reading →

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Git Questions – How to Keep a Git Fork up to Date

Posted on January 20, 2017 by Trisha Gee

Carrying on our series of Git Questions, this week Gary Hockin (PhpStorm Advocate) and I look at the question: how do I make sure my GitHub fork is up to date when the open source project it forked has moved on? … Continue reading →

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Git Questions – How do I switch branches without losing my work?

Posted on January 16, 2017 by Trisha Gee

We regularly get questions about how to achieve a particular thing – as developers there are parts of our workflow which trip us up, that our tools can help us with if we understand how.  So we’ve decided to start answering … Continue reading →

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Using JUnit 5 in IntelliJ IDEA

Posted on August 2, 2016 by Trisha Gee

One of the new features in IntelliJ IDEA 2016.2 is support for the new JUnit 5 testing framework.  Almost all Java developers will have used JUnit at some point, so it’s pretty exciting to find the newest version has evolved with the … Continue reading →

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Annotated Java Monthly, April 2014

Posted on May 5, 2014 by Breandan Considine

Java developers have been busier than ever this April, and here at JetBrains, we’ve noticed! Each month, we’re excited to bring you the best Java content from around the web, straight to your favorite blog! If you have any topics … Continue reading →

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Chained expression completion in IntelliJ IDEA 11.1

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Peter Gromov

If you use completion autopopup in IntelliJ IDEA 11, you may have seen “n variants…” suggestions: This means there are two StringUtil classes available, neither of them is imported, and IDE can’t choose which of them to put to the first … Continue reading →

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Smarter and Faster Introduce Parameter in Java

Posted on March 24, 2011 by Anna Kozlova

As a logical next step after inplace introduce variable refactoring we did in IntelliJ IDEA 10, version 10.5 will offer inplace introduce parameter. Here is a brief overview of what we’re working on. Once called, it will gently ask you to … Continue reading →

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Smarter and Faster Introduce Variable in Java

Posted on November 11, 2010 by Anna Kozlova

Introduce variable is one of those refactorings used many times a day. So, how can we make it work faster? Get rid of modal dialogs! So, in order to introduce a variable from an expression press Ctrl+Alt+V. Remember modal dialog? … Continue reading →

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