JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA Blog

We are coming close to opening the Early Access for IntelliJ IDEA 10.5 which we have announced some time ago. So, we are starting a series of blog posts that will describe some additions we are introducing in this new release.

Here is a list of newly added features that simplify working with Javadocs even more. Note that all of them are available in both Ultimate and Community Editions:

• Smart enter — caret moves to an expected position after pressing ‘Enter’ in situations like the one below:

  /**
   * <ul>
   *     <li>[caret]
   *         [caret moves here on Enter]
   * </ul>
   */
  class Test {
  }

• Automatic insertion of closing tag — controlled by a corresponding new setting that resides under ‘IDE Settings | Editor | Smart Keys’;
• Customizable font size — documentation popup font size can be changed on the fly with Ctrl+mouse wheel or via a dedicated GUI control:

Stay tuned for the news about IntelliJ IDEA 10.5 EAP availability!

Yes, you’ve read it correctly. No mistake here.

It’s been one year since we open-sourced IntelliJ IDEA and announced its free Community Edition. If you are curious to know the results of that bold move and see some stats and charts — check out this article on DZone.

Today, one year later, IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition gets a big addition: Android development plugin becomes available in the free edition of IntelliJ IDEA starting with version 10.

Please note we’re NOT open-sourcing something we don’t want to develop ourselves. In addition to improvements to existing IntelliJ IDEA features for Android developers, we will add the following new ones in version 10:

• Android unit-testing support,
• Android Library Projects Support,
• using Maven in Android projects is now possible,
• quick navigation to resources from their usages.

Prooflinks:

• “android -> community” Git commit
• Download IntelliJ IDEA 10 EAP (new build, #98.187 is available)

P.S. Those of us using Android phones truly hope that this will come back in the form of more great apps for our mobile devices!

Develop with pleasure!
-The IntelliJ IDEA Team

I believe you’ll like this announcement — IntelliJ IDEA has just gone open-source! Check out the press release as well as the new jetbrains.org community site for the details. We all will soon get a lot of new friends and colleagues in our IntelliJ IDEA community!

Starting with the upcoming version 9.0, IntelliJ IDEA will be offered in two editions: Community Edition and Ultimate Edition. The Community Edition focuses on Java SE technologies, Groovy and Scala development. It’s free of charge and open-sourced under the Apache 2.0 license. The Ultimate edition with full Java EE technology stack remains our standard commercial offering. See the feature comparison matrix for the differences.

Briefly, in the free Community Edition you’ll get all the Java code support — various refactorings and code inspections, coding assistance; debugging, TestNG and JUnit testing; CVS, Subversion and Git support; Ant and Maven build integration; and Groovy and Scala support (through a separate plugin). To learn more and download the Public Preview of IntelliJ IDEA 9 Community Edition, please visit the IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition site.

The IntelliJ platform, the common foundation for all our IDEs (IDEA, RubyMine, WebIDE or MPS), is being open-sourced under the APL 2.0, too.

You’ll find all the relevant information on how to participate and benefit at JetBrains.org. Check out the FAQ if you have additional questions.