IntelliJ IDEA Features

Overview

In this tutorial, we will learn IntelliJ IDEA Features. IntelliJ supports Community and Ultimate Editions. Ultimate Edition supports more and enhanced premium features for enterprise application development.

In this post, we will learn about IntelliJ Community Edition. IntelliJ supports major programming languages like Java, Kotlin, and Groovy. It is cross-platform and can be installed on a variety of operating systems like Windows, Linux, macOS, etc.

IntelliJ IDEA Features

Some of the IDE features are as follows:

Themes
Plugins
Code Completion
Code Refactoring
Code Collaboration
Code with Me
Build Tools
VCS Integration

Code Completion

IntelliJ is smart enough to complete the code. Type-matching completion, statement completion, completion with the tab key, etc.

Code Refactoring/Code Cleanup

IDE supports many Code refactoring features. Rename project artifacts, move project files, safe delete files, extract variables and methods, etc.

Themes

The IDE supports several ergonomic themes. It supports Light, Dark(Darcula), High Contrast and custom themes that we can install to the IDE.

Build Tools

IntelliJ bundles major build tools for project build automation. There is no need to install separate instances of the build tools on the workstation, The IDE bundles major build tools like Maven, Gradle, Ant, etc.

Plugins

We can extend the functionality of the IntelliJ IDE with several plugins. IntelliJ supports Marketplace for the plugin ecosystem. We can install a new plugin via Settings ->> Plugins… screen.

Code Collaboration: JetBrains Space

JetBrains space is a complete toolchain for code collaboration and software development.

JetBrains Space IntelliJ IDE

Code with Me

Code with Me feature enables access to the IDE to other invited participants to collaborate. This feature adds value to code reviews and code walkthroughs. We can access this feature via Tools ->> Code with Me…