Today, we are speaking with Mohammed Baig, developer of the NextSketch2 plugin, a visual diagramming tool integrated with JetBrains IDEs. Let’s get to know Mohammed! Can you tell us a bit about yourself? How did you get into programming, and what are you working on now? I first got started with programming after reading an old copy of “Head First Java” that my dad stored far away on his shelves. It took some time to learn the language and start building lots of weird, throw-away projects before I started working on real ones. But my first exposure to programming was for a Robotics c

Marketplace updates: ⭐ Improved visibility for plugin resources  On your plugin page, you can add links to your website, issue tracker, documentation, and any other relevant resources. These links used to be displayed in the Additional Information section at the bottom of a plugin page, but now you can see them right after the plugin description. Also, starting with the 2022.3 versions of IntelliJ-based IDEs, users can view these links in the Plugin Manager within their IDEs. ⭐️ Reporting inappropriate plugins If you come across a plugin that has some

The more we work on a tool, the more intuitive and easy to use it seems. This is why documentation is sometimes postponed to the last minute, or even scrapped completely. Customers are left to figure out for themselves what the tool can do. However, documentation benefits even a small team, especially at an early stage of a product’s development. Documentation helps to flatten the learning curve. Fewer users will drop off because they fail to find a feature. It takes the burden off support, which is a big advantage for a small team.Online documentation improves content marketing and

JetBrains IntelliJ-based IDEs are powerful, feature-rich developer tools with countless  extensibility options. Any user can add features to the IDEs by installing plugins from JetBrains Marketplace, where you can find extensions that cover most aspects of your work. The range of available plugins includes integrations with code review services, CI/CD, static analysis, productivity tools, various frameworks and languages, as well as UI themes, custom progress bars, and language packs. According to The State of Developer Ecosystem 2022, tool integrations are among the most popular types

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This is a guest blog post by Issam Guissouma, developer of the Nx Console Idea plugin.

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