JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA Blog

Fresh news, everyone! Hope you share our point of view on new features: there’s simply never enough of them. And performance: you can always get more of it. This is why we’re happy to tell you that IntelliJ IDEA 8.1 is just released. It’s been a really short time since we aired version 8, but thanks to working six days a week without lunch breaks we managed to deliver you this bunch of improvements:

• Performance of file and compiler caches
• Easy sharing of settings with IntelliJ IDEA Server
• Team Foundation Server
• Git
• Perforce jobs support
• Oracle SQL dialect
• Resin application server
• and more

Get your hands on this first JetBrains release of 2009: download your copy of IntelliJ IDEA 8.1

If you already own version 8, this release is free of charge for you. If you still don’t — it’s a good time to apply for an upgrade. If you’re a newcomer, you are encouraged to try it for 30 days, before you decide to buy it, or apply for a free open source or classroom license.

We’re glad to announce the winners of the 3rd JetBrains IDEAL Plugin Contest!
First of all we want to thank everyone who participated for their efforts and, of course, the plugins they have submitted. It was really exciting to examine every last submission. JetBrains staff, and especially the Contest Jury, had many pleasant and memorable moments reviewing and judging them all. The Contest Jury spent hours and hours in a sealed room, and we did our best keeping them in until every last prize was assigned.

Grand Prize and Second Prize

1. Code Navigator by Frank Gerberding, Germany
   A hands-down number one this year.
2. Code-Amnesia by Shmulik London, Israel
   When there’s a number one, there’s always a number two. It’s natural.

Five Honorable Mention Winners

All of these do stand out from the crowd.

• hg4idea by Victor Iacoban, Canada
• IvyIDEA by Guy Mahieu, Belgium
• Osmorc by Robert F. Beeger, Germany
• reVu by Sylvain FRANCOIS, France
• Script Monkey by Siddique Hameed, USA

Note: All of this year’s Honorable Mention winners receive equal prizes of USD 1,000. The five runner-ups following the Second Prize were all so close in merit that our jury decided to award 5 equal prizes. The monetary amount of the 3rd Prize, the Team Leader’s Choice, and the original Three Honorable Mention awards - plus USD 1,000 - were split evenly among them.

Also, this year’s special award titled The Most Addictive Plugin goes to Code Consultant by Nathan Voxland, USA. And by saying the most addictive, we mean it. Just try it and see for yourself

More detailed info about the contest, the rules, the winners, etc., can be found here: http://plugins.intellij.net/.