Revamping Plugins

The Revamping Plugins series is about sharing the experience of updating outdated plugins to align with the latest IntelliJ Platform SDK guidelines. We hope this series will help you better understand how this is done and the tools JetBrains provides to simplify the process. The IntelliJ Platform allows creating plugins and themes that extend the base functionalities of IntelliJ-based IDEs in many ways, such as adding language support, enhancing the build system and debugger, or simply changing the user interface. Initially, it was possible to create such plugins using the JetBrains Proj

The Revamping Plugins series is about sharing the experience of updating outdated plugins to align with the latest IntelliJ Platform SDK guidelines. We hope this series will help you understand the process of doing this and the tools JetBrains provide to make it easier. Creating plugins for the IDE of your choice is not just about developing killer features to help others in their day-to-day work – gaining attention through marketing is essential, whether you’re distributing it for free or selling it via Marketplace. In Revamping Plugins #1, we discussed the .ignore plugin from the technical

The IntelliJ Platform SDK changes dynamically, and each major release of JetBrains IDEs fixes bugs, adds new features, or introduces breaking changes in the SDK. Because of that, it’s essential to keep track of the Known Breaking Changes list in the IntelliJ Platform SDK Documentation. The plugins that we’re working on can sometimes become outdated, and to catch up with all the changes required to get them up-to-date and compatible with the latest IDE releases is difficult. The Revamping Plugins series is about sharing the experience of updating outdated plugins to align with the latest Intell