Archive for March, 2008

Opening Maven Projects is Easy as Pie

Maven integration in a Java IDE might not be a surprise for you, but let me show you just one thing, that makes IntelliJ IDEA Maven support prominent and noteworthy.If you have any Maven project, you do not need to perform routine steps while importing it to IntelliJ IDEA and you do not need to […]

Opening EAP for IntelliJ IDEA 8.0

We’re glad to announce the availability of IntelliJ IDEA 8.0 first EAP.Some of the IntelliJ IDEA 8.0 features are now available for the first preview:

Flex debugger
Improved Flex code editor, with new inspections
JavaScript debugger
JBoss seam support, with coding assistance and dedicated visual tools
Support for various SQL dialects, with coding assistance and injection
Numerous other enhancements and new […]

IntelliJ IDEA 7.0.3 is Here

We’re glad to announce the availability of IntelliJ IDEA version 7.0.3This new release brings multiple new features, improvements and bug-fixes, including

Improved performance and usability
Improved Flex support
Totally new, reworked debugger UI
Multiple Maven integration improvements
Numerous bug-fixes, cosmetics and exception fixes
For the complete list of what’s been added and fixed, see Release NotesDownload the fully-functional, 30-day, no-key evaluation […]

The IDE battle of Genova

In ancient times, Genova was a place where mighty armies frequently crossed their swords in fierce conflicts to determine who would rule the city and the surrounding area. On 10th March 2008 at the Genova university the mighty armies of Sun, Oracle and JetBrains met in a friendly battle - a battle of Java IDEs. […]

JetBrains at JavaOne - attendee discount

Just a quick blog today,

We’ve just received a message from the folks over at JavaOne allowing us to give a $100 discount to anyone who would like to visit the conference this year… We’re quite excited to be attending this year, and look forward to see you all there!

Would anyone be interested in a meetup […]

Recent IntelliJ IDEA Community Activists

Raise your hats to Ted for his recent IntelliJ IDEA Tips series! Ted sheds light on the wallflower features of IntelliJ IDEA, as well as new ways of using well-known features and the most beneficial plug-ins.

IntelliJ IDEA Tip: Change Background Color for Read-Only Files
IntelliJ IDEA Plugin of the Week: Describe Key
IntelliJ IDEA Tip: Goto […]

Enterprise Plugin Repository

It is sometimes the case, you can create plugins you want to preserve for internal use only. With
IntelliJ IDEA you can maintain your own enterprise repository to share your plugins with team members solely.To create a repository, we need a Web server, where our plugins will reside, and a descriptor of available plugins (updatePlugins.xml), […]