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IntelliJ IDEA Essentials

By : Jaroslaw Krochmalski
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IntelliJ IDEA Essentials

By: Jaroslaw Krochmalski

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IntelliJ IDEA Essentials
Jaroslaw Krochmalski
Dec, 2014 | 276 pages
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Table of Contents (17 chapters)
IntelliJ IDEA Essentials
IntelliJ IDEA Essentials
Credits
Credits
About the Author
About the Author
About the Reviewers
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Preface
Free Chapter
1
Get to Know Your IDE, Fast
Get to Know Your IDE, Fast
Comparing the various editions
Installing IntelliJ IDEA
An overview of the workspace
Crafting your settings
Configuration tips and tricks
Summary
2
Off We Go – To the Code
Off We Go – To the Code
What is a project?
Creating a project
Summary
3
The Editor
The Editor
An overview of the editor and setup
Navigating in the editor
The editor basics
Using Live Templates
Comparing files and folders
Looking for help
Summary
4
Make It Better – Refactoring
Make It Better – Refactoring
An overview of refactoring
Refactoring actions
Summary
5
Make It Happen – Running Your Project
Make It Happen – Running Your Project
A temporary configuration
The permanent configuration
Configuration defaults
Sharing the configuration
Running
Summary
6
Building Your Project
Building Your Project
Editing Maven settings
The Maven tool window
Running Maven goals
Using Gradle
Executing Gradle tasks
Summary
7
Red or Green? Test Your Code
Red or Green? Test Your Code
Enabling the testing plugins
Creating the test
Creating a run/debug configuration for the test
Running or debugging the test
Keyboard shortcuts
Summary
8
Squash'em – The Debugger
Squash'em – The Debugger
Debugger settings
Setting up the JavaScript debugger
Managing breakpoints
Starting the debugger
The Debug tool window
Inspecting variables and evaluating expressions
Debugger actions
Keyboard shortcuts summary
Summary
9
Working with Your Team
Working with Your Team
Enabling version control
Checking out the project from the repository
Configuring version control
Working with version control
Quickly executing VCS actions
Summary
10
Not Enough? Extend It
Not Enough? Extend It
Setting up the environment and project
Developing the plugin functionality
Deploying and publishing
Summary
Index
Index

Installing IntelliJ IDEA

Installing IntelliJ IDEA is straightforward. Perform the following steps:

  1. Go to http://www.jetbrains.com/idea/download/.

  2. Pick the OS version and edition of your choice.

  3. After opening the downloaded installation package in MS Windows, you should see the installation wizard. In Mac OS, double-click on the downloaded .dmg file and then just drag IntelliJ IDEA to the Applications folder.

    Tip

    When you install IntelliJ IDEA over an existing installation, the installation wizard will ask if you want to import settings from the previous set up. Don't worry, your settings will be preserved.

During the first startup, IntelliJ IDEA will ask you which plugins should be enabled by default. Usually, it's best to enable only what you need, so the IDE loads and works faster with fewer plugins enabled. Don't worry if you don't know what to select; you can always change your mind later by editing the IDE settings. On the first startup, you will not be able to see the workspace without the project opened. While we will go through the details of creating the project in the next chapter, you can now just create the basic Java project by choosing New Project from the File menu, selecting Java, and proceeding with the New Project wizard by clicking on Next a couple of times.

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