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Introduce variable is a very useful refactoring and is probably used quite often and for many languages IntelliJ IDEA supports. JavaScript is one of them (along with ActionScript).

IntelliJ IDEA 10 makes this refactoring even easier and more pleasant to use. Below is a simple example with highlights for the enhancements. (more…)

Sometimes while editing pom.xml one needs to define a property and replace the occurrences of some value - artifact version, for example, - with this property. Now you can use the new IDEA  Introduce Property refactoring for these purposes.

To invoke refactoring, select the string that should be replaced and press Ctrl-Alt-V (alternatively, you can use Maven/IntroduceProperty action in the editor context menu). In dialog enter the property name and select the pom to create the property in:

Introduce Property dialog

Refactoring finds all the occurrences of the selected string in the poms hierarchy and replaces them.

More refactorings will be added soon.

Any comments are appreciated.

In addition to other refactorings, Maia also has this useful refactoring: push members down the classes hierarchy.

Again, let’s try it on a simple example.

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Today we’re continuing our series of posts about new ActionScript/Flex refactorings that you can find in the latest Maia EAP, with presentation of this new aid: pull class members up the classes hierarchy.

Let’s have look at this simple example. (more…)

Next Maia’s EAP will bring you new refactoring that helps to be more productive when coding ActionScript or Flex.

Now you can easily move static methods, properties, fields and constants between AS classes and Mxml components: just place caret on a member (or a reference to it) and hit F6 (Move action).

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Next version of IntelliJ IDEA, code named Maia, brings you several new JavaScript and ActionScript refactorings. In this post we showcase one of them — Inline Variable, which works with local variables and ActionScript class fields.

Pressing Control+Alt+N (default Windows keymap) replaces variable occurrences with an initializing expression.

During the inline process, IntelliJ IDEA checks if a variable can be safely replaced and warns if, for example, there are its usages inside a functional expression.

By the way, the Inline Variable refactoring also works in the left part of local variable assignment.

Enjoy developing with pleasure!