Author: Helen Scott
Helen is a Java Developer Advocate at JetBrains. She has over 20 years’ experience in the software industry which has been gained in a variety of roles including developer, technical writer, product owner, and advocacy.
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IntelliJ IDEA Made Me Lazy
I haven’t always been lazy; it’s a fairly recent addition to my repertoire of skills. And do you know who I blame? I blame IntelliJ IDEA. I used to check that I’d completed a statement correctly, I used to look at javadoc, I used to check I’d closed my parentheses correctly, but now I don’t give things a second glance.
Being lazy isn’t a bad thing, it’s an efficiency gain that allows me to focus on the things that matter, which isn’t checking my parentheses are correct or remembering to put a semi-colon after my statement. No, it’s taking time for myself and those around me. Sure, it’s IntelliJ IDEA’s fault, but I am happy that we’re here!
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OpenJDK, JDKs and Every Java Acronym in Between
The Java SE landscape is strewn with acronyms that it has picked up over the last 25 years. Sometimes those acronyms even mean multiple things.
This post attempts to explain them all in terms of two main groupings: OpenJDK and Java Development Kits
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Live Templates in IntelliJ IDEA
When I first came across the notion of Live Templates, I couldn’t figure out what was ‘live’ about them. Did they need feeding or something?
It seems to be an industry-standard term, so I’m no longer devoting much energy to this quandary, but if you were wondering the same, you’re not alone.
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New to IntelliJ IDEA? Me Too!
Until recently, I last wrote Java in anger in 2002. IntelliJ IDEA had just been released; it wasn’t remotely on my radar. I honestly can’t remember what IDE we were using back then, but it certainly was a very long way to the fully featured IDE that JetBrains produce today.
Here’s my personal experience of using IntelliJ IDEA for the first time.
