Interviews

Today we are speaking with Scott McKinny of Manifold Systems (scott@manifold.systems,) the author of the Manifold plugin for IntelliJ Platform-based IDEs. As a Java compiler plugin, Manifold adds new capabilities directly and seamlessly to the Java language such as type-safe metaprogramming, extensi…

In this interview, we speak with Jakub Chrzanowski (@hsz @hszanowski), the author of the .ignore plugin for the IntelliJ-based IDEs. This plugin lets you mark matched .ignore files in project view, assists with editing them, and helps you generate ignore rules using templates. Welcome, Jakub! Befor…

JetBrains IDEs have a lot that’s “integrated” into the “development environment.” At some times, it seems daunting: there’s an infinity of features, with useful new things to learn at every corner. At other times, though, there’s something missing, something unique to what you do or how you do it. …

Today we’re continuing the series of guest posts from the creators of IntelliJ IDEA plugins for Salesforce (or Force.com) developers. The first post covered Illuminated Cloud 2 plugin. Please meet the 2nd blog post by Michael Shumenko, co-founder of JetForcer. Deep dive into Salesforce development …

Today we're starting a 2-part series of guest posts from the creators of IntelliJ IDEA plugins for Salesforce (or Force.com) developers. The plugins are Illuminated Cloud 2 and JetForcer. Please meet the 1st blog post by Scott Wells, the developer of Illuminated Cloud. And do not miss the second po…