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A new Java release every six months can be exciting, overwhelming, or both. Given that Java 17 is also an LTS release, it’s not just the developers but enterprises also noticing it. If you have been waiting to move on from Java 8 or 11, now is the time to weigh its advantages. In this blog post, I will limit the coverage of Java 17 to its language features – Sealed Classes and Pattern Matching

When working with IntelliJ IDEA, do you prefer to work with your keyboard over your mouse? If so, you are in for a treat! In this blog post we’ll show you 10 places where you didn’t know you could avoid using the mouse for everyday tasks. (more…)

Register now and join us for our next IntelliJ IDEA Live Stream of Testcontainers: From Zero to Hero. In this live stream, Marco Behler, Developer Advocate @JetBrains, will help you get started with Testcontainers for your integration, or UI tests, using your favorite IDE, IntelliJ IDEA. Day: Wednesday Date: Aug 18, 2021 Time: 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm CEST (more…)

We have all played games - on our desktops, laptops, tablets, or mobile phones. Do we enjoy them? Yes, we do. Games are addictive and command our attention. This is one of the reasons why even your web browser shows a game when you lose internet connection. A lot of you might have discovered it when you hit the Space key in despair. Have you thought about creating a game of your own but weren't

On February 10, 2021, we hosted the live stream Using Maven in IntelliJ IDEA by Java Champion and Java Group Leader Chandra Guntur, a very dear friend and amazing speaker. In this session, Chandra Guntur demonstrated some of his best tips for using Apache Maven with IntelliJ IDEA. You can find the slides from this presentation at this repository, and here’s the recording of the session. These tips

Register now and join us for our next IntelliJ IDEA Live Stream of FXGL: Cross-platform JavaFX Game Engine for Java and Kotlin. In this live stream, Almas Baimagambetov, Senior Lecturer in Game Development at the University of Brighton, will talk about how you can use Java and Kotlin to create games using your favorite IDE, IntelliJ IDEA. As the creator of the FXGL gaming engine, he is the best p

June is here, which means it's almost summer for us in the northern hemisphere! With the pandemic still ongoing, it's important to try to find time to recharge and take those vacation days, if at all possible. While you're at work, you can do fun things like reading this newsletter! We've got a variety of content including feature highlights from Java 16 and Java 17 (the upcoming LTS release) as w

In February this year, we hosted the FIRST ever ‘IntelliJ IDEA Conf’ to kick off the celebrations of IntelliJ IDEA’s 20th anniversary. It was a two-day event in which we broadcast SEVEN hours of LIVE streaming on both the 25th and 26th of February.  It was two days of fun, learning, and excitement with butterflies in the stomach of the organizing team and the speakers. With 17 speakers, 14

As humans, we all want to feel secure, to be loved and cared for. Extending that to our enterprise Spring Boot applications is feasible and important. We are excited to host a session on making your ubiquitous Spring Boot applications secure. Register now and join us for the live stream of Fixing Security Flaws in Spring Boot Applications Using IntelliJ IDEA and Snyk! In this live stream, Brian

We are excited to host our very own, Yuriy Artamonov, Software Engineer on the IntelliJ IDEA development team, for a live stream on Modern UI Test Automation with Selenium Libraries. Yuriy will be talking about modern approaches to UI test autommation with Selenium and Java. Register now and join us! Day: Friday Date: May 28, 2021 Time: 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm CEST (more…)

Spring is here, or it's supposed to be at least. The Java Advocacy Team here at JetBrains decided to create a Spring application, so we could explore what that looked like and create some content for you as well. Project blossom is now in full swing, so you'll see lots of Spring-related content in this version of Annotated Monthly. This project is also largely responsible for the Great Java Versio