Tag Archives: Java 8

IntelliJ IDEA 2016.3 EAP: Faster Git Log, Parameter Hints and More

Posted on September 28, 2016 by Andrey Cheptsov

Hooray! Fresh IntelliJ IDEA 2016.3 EAP build is out! Among the numerous bugfixes, this build addresses one of the issues that prevented it from being used on macOS Sierra. Users of macOS Sierra, we’re kindly asking you to thoroughly test this build and let us know … Continue reading →

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Webinar Recording: Introduction to Akka Actors with Java 8

Posted on September 19, 2016 by Andrey Cheptsov

Last week we had a pleasure of hosting a webinar in partnership with Lightbend about Akka Actors and Java 8. In it, Johan gave an introduction into how to write Actors and also answered a great number of questions. If you missed the webinar, but the … Continue reading →

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IntelliJ IDEA 2016.3 EAP Helps Migrate to Java 8’s Stream APIs

Posted on September 13, 2016 by Andrey Cheptsov

In one of her recent articles, Trisha Gee wrote about refactoring to Java 8. Among many great tips about Java 8, the article also showed how IntelliJ IDEA helps write correct and idiomatic Java 8. With IntelliJ IDEA 2016.3, we’ve gone further and extended our existing inspections to support … Continue reading →

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Live Webinar: Introduction to Akka Actors with Java 8

Posted on August 22, 2016 by Andrey Cheptsov

Being a software engineer often means constantly learning something new: a new framework, a new language or simply a new best practice. Learning makes our life more interesting. We at JetBrains try to not only provide the most capable and ergonomic IDE (which of course is our … Continue reading →

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Java 8 Top Tips

Posted on July 22, 2016 by Trisha Gee

I’ve been working a lot with Java 8 code over the last couple of years, for both new applications and migrating existing ones, and it feels like the right time to write down some of the “best practices” I’ve found useful. I … Continue reading →

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New Inspections for Java 8 in IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1

Posted on April 6, 2016 by Andrey Cheptsov

Since Java 8 has been launched almost two years ago, it has been gaining more and more traction around the community. Most Java frameworks and platforms have either already migrated their APIs to Java 8, or are planning to do so. With … Continue reading →

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The Inspection Connection – Issue #1, Migration Translation

Posted on September 18, 2014 by Breandan Considine

The release of JDK 8 has introduced a number of new language features into Java vernacular. In this issue of The Inspection Connection, we will examine eight useful inspections that IntelliJ IDEA provides to help you become more fluent in functional … Continue reading →

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Java Annotated Monthly – July 2014

Posted on August 6, 2014 by Breandan Considine

Today’s Java landscape is growing larger and faster than ever, with over 30,000 new Java projects created on GitHub each month. Here on the Java Annotated Monthly we leave no stone unturned to bring you the most important news and … Continue reading →

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Java Annotated Monthly – May 2014

Posted on June 9, 2014 by Breandan Considine

Here’s a few stories we’ve been reading on the Java beat this month, straight from the source. If you have any news or articles you would like to see here on the Java Annotated Monthly, you can reach me, Breandan … Continue reading →

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Debugger for JDK8’s Nashorn JavaScript in IntelliJ IDEA 13.1

Posted on March 17, 2014 by Andrey Cheptsov

Last Friday we announced the availability of IntellIJ IDEA 13.1 RC2, a new release candidate for IntelliJ IDEA 13.1 bringing final support for Java 8. In other awesome news, besides coding assistance for Java 8 the new build also provides … Continue reading →

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