Since version 7.0 IntelliJ IDEA provides the complete support for creating Web Service applications, providing the full range of productivity-boosting features:
Smart code completion
Syntax and error highlighting
Code analysis, inspections, quick-fixes and refactoring
Automatic code generation, including WSDL/WADL from Java and vice versa
Dedicated run configurations for debugging and automated deployment
and more
To help you get started with developing Web […]

If you had worked with IntelliJ IDEA for a while, you’re most likely aware of @Nullable, @NotNull annotations which allow you to formally specify method contracts and validate whether these contracts are met, and @NonNls annotation which is helpful when you want to exclude strings from the internationalization process.However, there’re several cases when direct annotating […]

We’ve got great news for those of you who were waiting for an easier way to create rich Internet applications with Adobe Flex using IntelliJ IDEA.Many advanced features are supported by the upcoming version 7.0.3 that is already available throught the Early Access Program (EAP):
Smart code completion for MXML and AS files, with cross-resolution […]

Suppose you have accidentally deleted a file from your project, and want to have it back. Sure, you can restore it using the file system, but IntelliJ IDEA suggests a better way to do it, without leaving the IDE.
This is where IntelliJ IDEA’s local history on the project or folder level comes to help, […]

DSM stands for Dependency Structure Matrix - a method for exploring dependencies between program parts (modules, classes, etc.), and provides a compact matrix representation of a project. It helps you visualize the dependencies between the parts of a project and highlights the information flow within a project.When working on complex software projects it’s especially important […]

This post is on one hand a response to the comment about several plugins that add IntelliJ IDEA toolbar icons not functioning in the latest Milestone release and a short how-to about customizing IntelliJ IDEA toolbars and menus, on the other.
Say, I have a SVN plugin command (for example, Browse Repository) I want to be […]

When you are working in a team that uses different IDEs, keeping project configuration in sync between team members is very complicated task. Sometimes it can be so cumbersome that you may want to stop trying to put them all together and resort to sharing Ant scripts as the repository for project configurations.
With IntelliJ IDEA […]

Here’s a handy feature for those times when you want to clean up your code a little. When you want to condense two or more lines into one, you would normally use Home or End and then Delete or Backspace. But not all Java statements can be so easily combined, and joining lines manually can […]

Naming conventions were subject to many local corporate wars, and probably any developer heard phrases like “These underscores before private field names just look ugly!” One more problem with naming conventions is constant changes in the code (if you convert a local variable to a field, will you rename it?). And of course, developers often […]

If you are running a Windows machine with NTFS disks, there is a good chance to double the performance of IntelliJ IDEA by optimizing the MFT tables, disk folder structure and Windows paging file.
We have used the Diskeeper, 2007 Pro Trial version tool to carry out the following procedure. You may of course, repeat this […]