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IntelliJ IDEA 9 is finally out, bringing you lots of goodies across the board!

If you haven’t followed the EAP (Early Access Program) or missed the Beta release, here is a quick summary of the key new features and improvements in this release:

• Two editions: Community Edition, free and open-source, and Ultimate Edition, encompassing 100% of the famous IntelliJ IDEA functionality
• Much faster environment, with background indexing on startup
• Extensive Java EE 6 support
• Many productivity features in core Java functionality
• Best-of-breed PHP support, with dedicated debugger, PHPUnit, etc.
• Visual editor for defining the structure of project deliverables (.war, .ear archives, etc.)
• AIR support, ActionScript refactorings, and other Flex support improvements
• And lots more!

Read more about what’s new and download a free 30-day trial today.

Buy or upgrade to IntelliJ IDEA 9 right now.

Oh, and did you happen to buy your IntelliJ IDEA 8 license on or after October 1, 2009? If so, download v9 and upgrade right now — for free!

Start enjoying this latest and greatest IntelliJ IDEA every day — like we do!

— IntelliJ IDEA Team

Yes, yes, yes!

You’ve asked - we’ve got the answer. Starting from September 1st, 2008 (inclusive), all puchases of IntelliJ IDEA 7.0 (no matter whether they are upgrades or new licenses) qualify for FREE UPGRADE to version 8.0 that is already getting to the final lap.

Don’t miss the chance yourself and tell everybody around you!

Truly Yours,

- The JetBrains Team

You might have already heard about the brand new JetBrains Development Academy. Launched in April 2008, the Academy fosters a community of experts and evangelists to champion best development practices and promote software innovation worldwide.


The JetBrains Development Academy serves as a connection point for developers who strive to adopt top methodologies and use JetBrains products to help them achieve that goal. It plans to provide support for Java and .NET user groups, support educational institutions, conduct in-place presentations, publish articles on the Academy’s website, and help users learn about popular and innovative technologies. These benefits will be provided courtesy of the Academy members, who are recognized experts representing various areas of software development.


The Academy website also features a Q&A section, where you can ask questions, get answers and gain valuable insight into the technologies, products and best practices relevant in today’s world of software development.

Yesterday the results of JetBrains’ annual contest for the best plug-in to IntelliJ IDEA were announced. 7 plug-ins were selected by the jury composed of IntelliJ IDEA development team members. Their respective authors will take away great cash and software prizes. The names of the winners are listed on the dedicated Plug-ins Site. There you can even see a small photo-report from the conclusive meeting of the jury

We would like to congratulate the winners, express our appreciation to the co-sponsors for the generous prizes, and encourage new participants to take part in the next year’s contest.

Great challenge and great benefits!

The Greatful Dead said it best: What a long, strange trip it’s been.

Our wonderful trip to Cologne was topped off with a crazy adventure home.

After being stuck in a traffic jam on our way back to Amsterdam’s airport, ditching our GPS’ suggested route, and making our flight with only seconds to spare, we thought we were home free. How wrong we were.

One hour and three drinks later, the flight crew informed us of a potential engine problem. Luckily for us we were still on the ground :-). Another hour passed before we learned the potential problem was a real fuel leak and that the airline was trying to find another plane for us. One more “short” hour passed before we were finally moved to another plane and flew safely home.

After such an adventure I needed a breather, which is why I’m just now writing this report.

OK, back to the topic.

The IDE Shootout was really a fantastic event; unprecedented and unique. We all thank Michael Huettermann for his great idea and even greater hospitality.

I will not go through the entire meeting, as Michael, Roman and Frank already did:

Michael’s post at JUGCologne Blog.
Roman’s report
Frank’s blog post

I just wanted to say that this experience helped us realize what directions other IDEs take, what their positioning points are, and what their weaknesses and benefits are.

Not to sound immodest, but my general impression was that IntelliJ IDEA proved to be the best Java IDE not only to the audience, but to the opponents as well :-).
Even as pacifists, we still shot them all down ;-).

Thank you once again, Michael, for all the hard work you’ve put in to make this all happen!

Herzliche Gruesse aus St.Petersburg!

As always, may you all develop with pleasure!

- Ann.

The JetBrains-Ajaxian Joint 2006 Survey is now officially closed. We'd like to thank the over 600 developers who participated in the survey. The results will make a difference in the way JetBrains will approach AJAX support.

As a little carrot to encourage participation, we gave away 10 free personal licenses for IntelliJ IDEA 5.1 to randomly selected survey participants. The winners list appears on our website at http://www.jetbrains.com/idea/quest_intro.html.

Thanks again to all who participated in the survey, and stay tuned for cool new AJAX features in IntelliJ IDEA!

For those who missed our presentations at The AJAX Experience and JavaOne 2006 Conferences, we have published a short report on the JetBrains web site. There you can view some photos, check the Google video recordings of both presentations, as well as download a PDF copy of the AJAX with Pleasure brochure that we were giving away at the show.

Once again JetBrains has been honored with new industry awards, this time at SD Magazine’s 16th Annual Jolt Product Excellence Awards. Two of our products received Productivity Awards in two categories:

   - IntelliJ IDEA 5.0 (Category: Development Environments)
   - ReSharper 1.5 (Category: Utilities)


(For details, please see http://www.sdmagazine.com/jolts/2006index.html)

The entire team here at JetBrains wishes to thank the judges, and especially our IntelliJ IDEA and ReSharper users who are instrumental to the success of our products.

Hello Dear IntelliJ IDEA friends & guests!

We are happy to say that we finally did it - started the IntelliJ IDEA Blog. We hope this resource to become not just a replacement for the embedded Help or “Tips of the Day” feature, but a community-driven portal where You will be able to talk to each other and to JetBrains as well.

We will post here opinions, tiny hints, or more comprehensive “how-to” series, to bring even more pleasure into Your life with IntelliJ IDEA

You can request topics important for You, using the small form on a side-bar to the right. If You are ready to contribute an entire tip or a “how-to” posting, please send it directly to .

So, welcome and stay tuned!