IntelliJ IDEA
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Developer(s) | JetBrains |
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Stable release |
2016.3
/ November 22, 2016[1] |
Development status | Active |
Written in | Java |
Operating system | Windows, MacOS, Linux |
Type | Java IDE |
License |
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Website |
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IntelliJ IDEA (pronounced /ɪnˈtɛlɪdʒeɪ aɪˈdɪə/) is a Java integrated development environment (IDE) for developing computer software. It is developed by JetBrains (formerly known as IntelliJ), and is available as an Apache 2 Licensed community edition,[2] and in a proprietary commercial edition. Both can be used for commercial development.[3]
History
The first version of IntelliJ IDEA was released in January 2001, and was one of the first available Java IDEs with advanced code navigation and code refactoring capabilities integrated.[4][5]
In a 2010 Infoworld report, IntelliJ received the highest test center score out of the four top Java programming tools: Eclipse, IntelliJ IDEA, NetBeans and JDeveloper.[6]
In December 2014, Google announced version 1.0 of Android Studio, an open source IDE for Android apps, based on the open source community edition of IntelliJ IDEA.[7] Other development environments based on IntelliJ's framework include AppCode, CLion, PhpStorm, PyCharm, RubyMine, WebStorm, and MPS.[8]
System requirements[9]
Windows | OS X | Linux | |
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OS Version | Microsoft Windows 10/8/7/Vista/2003/XP (incl.64-bit) | Mac OS X 10.5 or higher, up to 10.11 (El Capitan) | GNOME or KDE desktop |
RAM | 1 GB RAM minimum, 2 GB RAM recommended | ||
Disk space | 300 MB hard disk space + at least 1 GB for caches | ||
JDK Version | JDK 1.8 since 2016.1[10] | ||
Screen resolution | 1024×768 minimum screen resolution |
Features
Version 12.1 includes support for Java 8, UI designer for Android development, Play 2.0 and Scala.
Coding assistance
The IDE provides certain features[11] like code completion by analyzing the context, code navigation where one can jump to a class or declaration in the code directly, code refactoring and providing options to fix inconsistencies via suggestions.
Built in tools and integration
The IDE provides[11] for integration with build/packaging tools like grunt, bower, gradle, and SBT. It supports version control systems like GIT, Mercurial, Perforce, and SVN. Databases like Microsoft SQL Server, ORACLE, PostgreSQL, and MySQL can be accessed directly from the IDE.
Plugin ecosystem
IntelliJ supports plugins through which one can add additional functionality to the IDE. One can download and install plugins either from IntelliJ's plugin repository website or through IDE's inbuilt plugin search and install feature. Currently IntelliJ IDEA Community edition has 1495[12] plugins available, where as the Ultimate edition has 1626[13] plugins available.
Supported languages
The Community and Ultimate editions differ in their support for working with different programming languages as per the below table.[14]
Languages | IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition | IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate Edition |
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Java | Yes | Yes |
Clojure (via separate plugin) | Yes | Yes |
Dart (via separate plugin) | Yes | Yes |
Erlang (via separate plugin) | Yes | Yes |
Go (via separate plugin) | Yes | Yes |
Groovy | Yes | Yes |
Haxe (via separate plugin) | Yes | Yes |
Perl (via separate plugin) | Yes | Yes |
Scala (via separate plugin) | Yes | Yes |
XML/XSL | Yes | Yes |
Kotlin | Yes | Yes |
ActionScript/MXML | No | Yes |
CoffeeScript | No | Yes |
Haskell (via separate plugin) | Yes[15] | Yes |
HTML/XHTML/CSS | No | Yes |
JavaScript | No | Yes |
Lua (via separate plugin) | Yes[16] | Yes |
PHP (via separate plugin) | No | Yes |
Python (via separate plugin) | Yes[17][18] | Yes |
Ruby/JRuby | No | Yes |
SQL | No | Yes |
TypeScript (via separate plugin) | No | Yes |
Technologies and frameworks
Community Edition supports the following:[14]
Ultimate Edition supports the following:[14]
- Django
- EJB
- FreeMarker
- Google App Engine
- Google Web Toolkit
- Grails
- Hibernate/JPA
- Java ME MIDP/CLDC
- JBoss Seam
- JSF
- JSP
- Jelastic
- Node.js
- OSGi
- Play
- Ruby on Rails
- Spring
- Struts 2
- Struts
- Tapestry
- Velocity
- Web services
Ultimate Edition also supports the application servers Geronimo, GlassFish, JBoss, Jetty, Tomcat, Weblogic, and WebSphere.[14]
There was a free plugin from Atlassian for IntelliJ available to integrate with JIRA,[20] Bamboo, Crucible and FishEye. However, the software called IDE-Connector was discontinued on June 1st 2015. [21]
Software versioning and revision control
The two editions also differ in their support[14] for software versioning and revision control systems.
IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition | IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate Edition | |
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CVS | Yes | Yes |
Git | Yes | Yes |
GitHub | Yes | Yes |
Mercurial | Yes | Yes |
Subversion | Yes | Yes |
Team Foundation Server | No | Yes |
ClearCase | No | Yes |
Perforce | No | Yes |
Visual SourceSafe | No | Yes |
See also
Further reading
Bibliography
- Saunders, Stephen; Fields, Duane K.; Belayev, Eugene (March 1, 2006), IntelliJ IDEA in Action (1st ed.), Manning, p. 450, ISBN 1-932394-44-3
- Davydov, S.; Efimov, A. (May 2005), IntelliJ IDEA. Professional'noe programmirovanie na Java (V podlinnike) (1st ed.), BHV, p. 800, ISBN 5-94157-607-2
References
- ↑ https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/whatsnew/
- ↑ IntelliJ Source Code
- ↑ http://www.jetbrains.org/display/IJOS/FAQ
- ↑ "IntelliJ IDEA :: Java refactoring plus sophisticated code refactoring for JSP, XML, CSS, HTML, JavaScript". JetBrains.
- ↑ Martin Fowler. "Crossing Refactoring's Rubicon". MartinFowler.com.
- ↑ Andrew Binstock (22 September 2010). "InfoWorld review: Top Java programming tools". InfoWorld.
- ↑ "Google releases Android Studio 1.0, the first stable version of its IDE". VentureBeat. 8 December 2014.
- ↑ "What is the IntelliJ Platform?". VentureBeat. 23 February 2015.
- ↑ "IntelliJ IDEA :: Download Latest Version of IntelliJ IDEA". JetBrains. Retrieved 2016-02-15.
- ↑ IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1 is Here
- 1 2 "IntelliJ IDEA :: Features". JetBrains. Retrieved 2016-02-07.
- ↑ "JetBrains Community Edition Plugin Repository". plugins.jetbrains.com. Retrieved 2016-02-06.
- ↑ "JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA Plugin Repository". plugins.jetbrains.com. Retrieved 2016-02-06.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "IntelliJ IDEA Editions Comparison". JetBrains. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
- ↑ Haskell language support
- ↑ Lua For IDEA
- ↑ Python Community Edition
- ↑ JetBrains Delights the Python Community with a Free Edition of its Famous IDE, PyCharm 3.0
- ↑ "Built-in SBT Support in IntelliJ IDEA 13". JetBrains. 18 November 2013.
- ↑ "IDE Connectors". Atlassian.
- ↑ https://developer.atlassian.com/blog/2015/06/discontinuing-ide-connectors-support/?_ga=1.16395702.1631102713.1476165618
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