IDEA


IDEA is a Java IDE built by a Czech company called JetBrains. IDEA has been one of the driving forces behind Java-specific intelligent features in an IDE. Many of the valuable features sported by other Java IDEs appeared first in IDEA. IDEA is also an open tool, meaning that third-party vendors and individual developers can enhance its capabilities by writing plug-ins for it.

I've used IDEA for several years, alternating between it and Eclipse as my primary IDEs (the choice my client often makes). One thing I've noted about IDEA is that it promotes the notion of least surprise: Generally, if you want to do something, IDEA does it and in a way you might expect or hope for.

IDEA also happened to support all of the new features of J2SE 5.0 well before Eclipse, in time for me to write this appendix before my deadline.

You can obtain the latest version of IDEA from the JetBrains web site at http://www.jetbrains.com. The version I used at the time of writing this appendix was IntelliJ IDEA 4.5.1. Follow the instructions at the site for downloading and installing IDEA. You should have already installed Java before bothering to install IDEA.

The installation program walks you through a number of questions regarding how you want IDEA configured. In general, you can go along with the defaults and just hit the Next button.

The following instructions are intended to be a brief introduction to getting started with IDEA, not a comprehensive user's guide. If you need more information, refer to the help supplied with IDEA or contact JetBrains support. Expect that the instructions shown in this appendix should not change dramatically in the near future, barring any significant changes from JetBrains.



Agile Java. Crafting Code with Test-Driven Development
Agile Javaв„ў: Crafting Code with Test-Driven Development
ISBN: 0131482394
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2003
Pages: 391
Authors: Jeff Langr

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