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IntelliJ IDEA Essentials

By : Jaroslaw Krochmalski

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IntelliJ IDEA Essentials

3.8 (5)

By: Jaroslaw Krochmalski

Overview of this book

Starting with a walkthrough of the main workspace, you will get up and running with IDEA from the word go. You will learn how to exploit IDEA's software development tools and use the various product features such as source code control, the debugger, and the many code generation tools. You will then move on to advanced topics such as how IntelliJ helps in version control, managing change lists, viewing differences and changes, and reverting changes. You will also learn how IDEA can be used for agile development and web development, as well as its integration with frameworks such as Gradle. Complete with tips and tricks, this book will make sure that you have an in-depth and extensive knowledge of informed programming.

Preface

Preface

What this books covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

Free Chapter

1. Get to Know Your IDE, Fast

1. 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

2. Off We Go – To the Code

What is a project?

Creating a project

Summary

3. The Editor

3. 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

4. Make It Better – Refactoring

An overview of refactoring

Refactoring actions

Summary

5. Make It Happen – Running Your Project

5. Make It Happen – Running Your Project

A temporary configuration

The permanent configuration

Configuration defaults

Sharing the configuration

Running

Summary

6. Building Your Project

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. Not Enough? Extend It

Setting up the environment and project

Developing the plugin functionality

Deploying and publishing

Summary

Index

Index

Navigating in the editor

When working on a project, you work on a set of files. You switch between them a lot, so knowledge of how to navigate efficiently between files, types, or methods is essential to speed up development. Basically, the faster you switch between files, the more productive you are.

Navigating between files

IntelliJ IDEA provides a switcher between opened files and tool windows. It's similar to the application switcher in your operating system such as Alt + Tab on Windows or cmd + Tab on the Mac. The switcher in IntelliJ IDEA is available by using the Ctrl + Tab keyboard shortcut. If the switcher pop-up is visible, keep the Ctrl key pressed and use the Tab key (or the cursor + up and down arrow keys) to select the desired tool window or file. In the switcher, you will see only the files that are currently opened in the editor, as shown in the following screenshot:

Navigating between files

The tab switcher

You can also use Alt + the left arrow key to switch to the previous tab and Alt + the right...

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