IntelliJ IDEA 9.0.1, the first bugfix update for IntelliJ IDEA 9, is now available. With almost 200 resolved issues in such areas as Flex support, version control integration, Groovy support and others, it’s a strongly recommended upgrade for all users of both Ultimate and Community editions of IntelliJ IDEA 9.
Download IntelliJ IDEA 9.0.1 now, and check the release notes for the new update.
Yesterday’s release of IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition was a big event for us - and like many big events, it wasn’t perfect. Because of this, today we’ve released an updated build (IC-90.96) which fixes a number of important problems:
You can download the new build from the IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition page.
In Maia, it’s finally possible to open a file in associated application (for example, .doc or .pdf) by double-clicking it in Project View or by pressing F4. This works for file types, registered under Files opened in associated applications.
The dialog displayed after you double-click a file of an unknown type also gives you options to associate its type with an application:
Also, Project View and Open File dialogs now display file type icons as they are registered in your OS, instead of generic unknown file icon.
One of the features that has been voted most in our JIRA is the possibility to drag & drop files between IntelliJ IDEA and native file managers — Explorer on Windows and Finder on Mac. In previous IntelliJ IDEA versions, some of this functionality was provided by plugins like Native Neighborhood. In Maia, this is finally supported natively, letting you:
Hold the Ctrl key (⌘ on Mac) while dragging to copy a file, or move it otherwise.
Feel free to leave comments and post JIRA issues to share your ideas on other possible use cases for this feature.
Today we’ve released an updated version of the Python plugin, with support for both IntelliJ IDEA 8 and “Maia” EAP. New features of the plugin include:
You can find detailed release notes and screenshots of the new plugin on our Confluence space.
We’ve been blogging about the cool new features implemented in the EAP builds of Maia (IntelliJ IDEA 9) for a while, and now at last you can download and try the new build for yourself.
The new features available in the new build include:
We’re eagerly waiting for your feedback on the new build. Feel free to let us know what you think on the forums, and post bugs and feature requests to our issue tracker.
And may you always develop with pleasure!
IntelliJ IDEA auto-import popup is a very handy feature that lets you stop worrying about import statements in your Java class files. However, sometimes it can show more choices than you need (e.g. when some of the class names in your project match the names of internal JDK or unrelated library classes).
To make auto-import easier to use and to avoid accidental imports of wrong classes, you can open the Settings dialog, then go to Editor | Auto-Import and add their package prefixes to the exclusion list. This will also hide the specified classes from class name completion lists.
A little-known new feature of IntelliJ IDEA 8.0 is that it allows you to have two docked toolwindows visible on each side of the screen. So you can, for example, view your changes and your TODO list at the same time at the bottom of IntelliJ IDEA window.
In order to configure this, you need to use drag & drop — for example, to view the TODO list in the right part of the bottom area, you should drop its button to the bottom right corner of the screen.
I have recorded a short screencast showing how this can be done:
We’re glad to announce the winners of the IntelliJ IDEA license drawing held at JetBrains booth at the recent JavaPolis conference.
Everyone visiting JetBrains booth was welcome to fill out a simple card to participate and have a chance of winning a personal license for IntelliJ IDEA.
Christmas’s knocking on the doors and so it’s time to draw a conclusion and announce the winners.
For that, we put all the cards in our lottery sampling machine, (you can see it below, operated by Dmitry Jemerov and Maria Khalusova) and it all was done in a matter of seconds.
Now, cross your fingers — here’s the list of lucky winners, who receive a Personal IntelliJ IDEA 7.0 License right away:
We would like to thank everyone who came by our booth for all the feedback you have given us during the conference. Even if you didn’t win a license in the drawing — don’t worry much about it. You can still have fun with 30 day unlimited trial, waiting for you right here.
I’m happy to announce that I’m going to give a presentation on our new product, JetBrains “Team Server”, at JavaOne 2006 in San Francisco. I’ll describe the major feature areas of Team Server and show how it solves many of the problems of other team development tools.
The presentation, TS-5033, is currently scheduled for Tuesday, May 16th, 3:15pm.
I will be at the conference together with my colleagues, and we’ll be happy to meet with users of our products and discuss any topics related to them.
Looking forward to seeing you soon. 
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