IntelliJ IDEA
{{Short description|Integrated development environment}}
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{{Infobox software
| name = IntelliJ IDEA
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| caption = IntelliJ IDEA 2021.1 Community Edition
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| released = 1.0 / {{Start date and age|2001|01|df=yes}}
| latest release version = {{wikidata|property|references|edit|P348}}
| latest release date = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| programming language = Java, Kotlin
| operating system = Windows, macOS, Linux
| genre = Java IDE
| license = {{Plainlist|
- Community edition: Apache License 2.0 with proprietary license for some bundled plugins{{cite web|url=https://www.jetbrains.com/legal/docs/toolbox/user_community/|title=JETBRAINS COMMUNITY EDITION TERMS}}
- Ultimate edition: Trialware}}
| website = {{URL|https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/}}
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IntelliJ IDEA ({{IPAc-en|ɪ|n|ˈ|t|ɛ|l|ɪ|dʒ|eɪ|_|aɪ|ˈ|d|iː|ə}}{{cite web |last1=Jemerov |first1=Dmitry |title=Build Developer Tools On Top of IntelliJ Platform. Webinar |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQDzjGzkPFc |website=YouTube, IntelliJ IDEA channel |date=2 August 2013 |access-date=2 May 2024}}) is an integrated development environment (IDE) written in Java for developing computer software written in Java, Kotlin, Groovy, and other JVM-based languages. It is developed by JetBrains (formerly known as IntelliJ) and is available as an Apache 2 Licensed community edition with proprietary license for some bundled plugins,{{cite web|url=https://github.com/JetBrains/intellij-community|title=JetBrains/intellij-community|website=GitHub|date=6 December 2022 }} and in a proprietary commercial edition. Both can be used for commercial development.{{cite web|url=http://www.jetbrains.org/display/IJOS/FAQ|title=FAQ - IntelliJ Open-Source Project - Confluence|website=www.jetbrains.org|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200123055132/http://www.jetbrains.org/display/IJOS/FAQ|archive-date=2020-01-23}}{{Cite web|title=Can I use Community Editions of JetBrains IDEs for developing commercial proprietary software?|url=https://sales.jetbrains.com/hc/en-gb/articles/360021922640-Can-I-use-Community-Editions-of-JetBrains-IDEs-for-developing-commercial-proprietary-software-|access-date=29 June 2021|website=JetBrains}}
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.jetbrains.com/idea/features/refactoring.html|title=IntelliJ IDEA :: Java refactoring plus sophisticated code refactoring for JSP, XML, CSS, HTML, JavaScript|publisher=JetBrains|access-date=2010-12-17|archive-date=2014-01-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140122122549/http://www.jetbrains.com/idea/features/refactoring.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://martinfowler.com/articles/refactoringRubicon.html|title=Crossing Refactoring's Rubicon|last=Fowler|first=Martin|author-link=Martin Fowler (software engineer)|work=MartinFowler.com}}
In 2009, JetBrains released the source code for IntelliJ IDEA under the open-source Apache License 2.0.{{cite web |title=JetBrains' IntelliJ IDEA Goes Open Source |url=https://blog.jetbrains.com/blog/2009/10/15/pr_151009/ |website=The JetBrains Blog |access-date=4 September 2022 |date=15 October 2009}}{{cite web |last=Pronschinske |first=Mitch |title=IntelliJ IDEA Goes Open Source |url=https://dzone.com/articles/last-major-ide-vendor-intellij |website=dzone.com |access-date=4 September 2022 |language=en |date=15 October 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170314153710/https://dzone.com/articles/last-major-ide-vendor-intellij|archive-date=2017-03-14}} JetBrains also began distributing a limited version of IntelliJ IDEA consisting of open-source features under the moniker Community Edition. The commercial Ultimate Edition provides additional features and remains available for a fee.
In a 2010 InfoWorld report, IntelliJ received the highest test centre score out of the four top Java programming tools: Eclipse, IntelliJ IDEA, NetBeans and JDeveloper.{{cite web|url=http://www.infoworld.com/d/developer-world/infoworld-review-top-java-programming-tools-191|title=InfoWorld review: Top Java programming tools|last=Binstock|first=Andrew|date=22 September 2010|work=InfoWorld}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://venturebeat.com/2014/12/08/google-releases-android-studio-1-0-the-first-stable-version-of-its-ide/|title=Google releases Android Studio 1.0, the first stable version of its IDE|work=VentureBeat|date=8 December 2014}} Other development environments based on IntelliJ's framework include AppCode, CLion, DataGrip, GoLand, PhpStorm, PyCharm, Rider, RubyMine, WebStorm, and MPS.{{cite web|url=http://www.jetbrains.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=983889|title=What is the IntelliJ Platform?|work=VentureBeat|date=23 February 2015}}
In September 2020, Huawei announced and released version 1.0 of DevEco Studio, an open-source IDE for HarmonyOS apps development, based on Jetbrains IntelliJ IDEA with Huawei's SmartAssist for Windows and macOS.{{Cite web |last=Amit |date=2020-09-09 |title=Huawei DevEco Studio 1.0 launched: EMUI 11 and Hongmeng Project App can be developed |url=https://www.huaweiupdate.com/huawei-deveco-studio-1-0/ |access-date=2023-08-24 |website=HU |language=en-US}}
System requirements
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|+ System requirements for IntelliJ IDEA 2023.3{{cite web|url=https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/installation-guide.html|title=Install IntelliJ IDEA – System requirements|date=11 January 2024|access-date=7 February 2024|website=www.jetbrains.com}} ! !Windows !macOS !Linux |
Operating system version
|64-bit Windows 10, version 1809 (or Windows Server 2019) or later |macOS Monterey or later |A Linux 6.x distribution with glibc 2.28 or later that supports GNOME, KDE |
RAM
| colspan="3" |2 GB free RAM minimum; 8 GB RAM recommended |
Disk space
| colspan="3" |3.5 GB required; a solid-state drive with at least 5 GB of free space is recommended |
JDK version
| colspan="3" |JDK 7 to 21 supported{{cite web|url=https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/supported-java-versions.html|title=Supported Java versions and features|date=7 October 2023|access-date=7 February 2024|website=www.jetbrains.com}} |
JRE version
| colspan="3" |Bundled with Java 17 |
Screen resolution
| colspan="3" |At least 1024×768 is required; at least 1920×1080 is recommended |
Features
=Coding assistance=
The IDE provides certain features{{Cite web|title = IntelliJ IDEA :: Features|url = https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/features/|website = JetBrains|access-date = 2016-02-07}} like code completion by analysing the context, code navigation which allows jumping to a class or declaration in the code directly, code refactoring, code debugging,Roman Beskrovnyi, [https://codegym.cc/groups/posts/243-debugging-in-intellij-idea-a-beginners-guide "Debugging in IntelliJ IDEA: a beginner's guide"], CodeGym.cc blog, 16 March 2020 linting and options to fix inconsistencies via suggestions.
=Built in tools and integration=
The IDE provides integration with build/packaging tools like Maven, Grunt, Gradle, and sbt. It supports databases like Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQLite, and MySQL can be accessed directly from the IDE in the Ultimate edition, through an embedded version of DataGrip, another IDE developed by JetBrains.
= Plugin ecosystem =
IntelliJ IDEA supports plugins through which one can add additional functionality to the IDE. Plugins can be downloaded and installed either from IntelliJ's plugin repository website or through the IDE's built-in plugin search and install feature. Each edition has separate plugin repositories, with the Community edition supporting over 7,600 plugins, and the Ultimate edition supporting over 8,300 plugins, as of November 2024.{{Cite web |title=JetBrains Marketplace |url=https://plugins.jetbrains.com/ |website=JetBrains |access-date=2 November 2024}}
=Supported languages=
The Community and Ultimate editions differ in their support for various programming languages as shown in the following table.{{cite web|url = http://www.jetbrains.com/idea/features/editions_comparison_matrix.html|title = IntelliJ IDEA Editions Comparison|work = JetBrains|access-date = 19 December 2014}}
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Supported in both Community and Ultimate Edition:
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Supported in both Community and Ultimate Edition via plugins:
- Clojure{{cite web|url=https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/8090-cursive |title=Cursive - Plugins - JetBrains |website=JetBrains Plugin Repository}}
- CloudSlang{{ cite web|url=https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/9437-cloudslang-plugin|title=CloudSlang - Plugins - JetBrains|website=JetBrains Plugin Repository}}
- Dart
- Elm{{cite web|url=https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/10268-elm|title=Elm - Plugins - JetBrains|website=JetBrains Plugin Repository|access-date=2019-03-04|archive-date=2021-05-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509061803/https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/10268-elm|url-status=dead}}
- Erlang
- Gosu
- Haskell{{cite web|url=https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/8258-intellij-haskell|title=Haskell - Plugins - JetBrains|last=van der Kleij|first=Rik|website=JetBrains Plugin Repository}}
- Haxe
- Julia{{cite web|url=https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/10413-julia|title=Julia - Plugins - JetBrains|website=JetBrains Plugin Repository}}
- Lua{{cite web|url=https://bitbucket.org/sylvanaar2/lua-for-idea/wiki/Home|title=sylvanaar2 / Lua For IDEA / wiki / Home — Bitbucket|website=bitbucket.org|access-date=2016-04-03|archive-date=2016-10-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011164942/https://bitbucket.org/sylvanaar2/lua-for-idea/wiki/Home|url-status=dead}}
- Perl
- Python{{cite web|url=https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/7322?pr=|title=Python Community Edition - Plugins - JetBrains|website=JetBrains Plugin Repository}}{{cite web |url=https://blog.jetbrains.com/pycharm/2013/09/jetbrains-delights-the-python-community-with-a-free-edition-of-its-famous-ide-pycharm-3-0/ |title=JetBrains Delights the Python Community with a Free Edition of its Famous IDE, PyCharm 3.0 |date=24 September 2013 |website=jetbrains.com}}
- R{{cite web|url=https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/6632-r-language-support|title=R Language for IntelliJ|website=JetBrains Plugin Repository}}
- Rust{{cite web |author=JetBrains |author-link=JetBrains |title=Rust |website=JetBrains Plugins |url=https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/8182-rust/ |access-date=2019-12-10}}{{cite web |last1=Cheptsov |first1=Andrey |date=2017-08-04 |df=dmy |title=Official Support for Open-Source Rust Plugin for IntelliJ IDEA, CLion, and Other JetBrains IDEs |website=JetBrains Blog |url=https://blog.jetbrains.com/blog/2017/08/04/official-support-for-open-source-rust-plugin-for-intellij-idea-clion-and-other-jetbrains-ides/ |access-date=2019-12-10}}
- Scala
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Supported only in Ultimate Edition:
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Supported only in Ultimate Edition via plugins:
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=Technologies and frameworks=
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Supported in both Community and Ultimate Edition:
- Android (includes the functionality of Android Studio)
- Ant
- Gradle
- Test runners (JUnit, TestNG, Spock, Cucumber, ScalaTest, spec2, etc.)
- JavaFX
- Maven
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Supported only in Ultimate Edition:
- Django
- Thymeleaf, FreeMarker, Velocity
- Grails
- Jakarta EE (Jakarta Faces, JAX-RS, CDI, JPA, etc.)
- Micronaut, Quarkus, Helidon
- Node.js, React, Vue.js, Angular
- AspectJ, JBoss Seam, OSGi
- Play
- Ruby on Rails
- sbt{{cite web|url = http://blog.jetbrains.com/scala/2013/11/18/built-in-sbt-support-in-intellij-idea-13/|title = Built-in SBT Support in IntelliJ IDEA 13|work = JetBrains|date = 18 November 2013}}
- Spring
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There was a free plugin from Atlassian for IntelliJ available to integrate with JIRA,{{cite web|url = http://www.atlassian.com/software/ideconnector/|title = IDE Connectors|publisher = Atlassian|access-date = 2009-02-07|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111018065835/http://www.atlassian.com/software/ideconnector/|archive-date = 2011-10-18|url-status = dead}} Bamboo, Crucible and FishEye. However, the software, called IDE-Connector, was discontinued on June 1, 2015.{{cite web|url=https://developer.atlassian.com/blog/2015/06/discontinuing-ide-connectors-support/?_ga=1.16395702.1631102713.1476165618|title=We are discontinuing the support for Atlassian IDE Connectors - Atlassian Developers|website=developer.atlassian.com|date=June 2015|access-date=2016-11-02|archive-date=2016-11-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104001236/https://developer.atlassian.com/blog/2015/06/discontinuing-ide-connectors-support/?_ga=1.16395702.1631102713.1476165618|url-status=dead}}
=Software versioning and revision control=
The two editions also differ in their support for software versioning and revision control systems.
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Supported in both Community and Ultimate Edition:
- Git
- Mercurial
- Subversion
- Azure DevOps (formerly TFS/VSTS; via plug-in){{cite web |author=JetBrains |author-link=JetBrains |title=TFS |website=JetBrains Plugins |url=https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/4578-tfs/ |access-date=2019-12-10}}{{cite web |author=Microsoft |author-link=Microsoft |title=Azure DevOps |website=JetBrains Plugins |url=https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/7981-azure-devops |access-date=2019-12-10}}
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Supported only in Ultimate Edition:
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See also
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Bibliography
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References
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