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Does anyone have any tips or resources for getting more out of the Jetbrains IDEs? I've been using them for years but I still feel like there's so much I'm not

Does anyone have any tips or resources for getting more out of the Jetbrains IDEs? I've been using them for years but I still feel like there's so much I'm not taking advantage of.

paulie_a 6y ago
My personal favorite is "find usages". You can destroy dead code which makes life a bit better in a large codebase. The pretty basic auto refactor is also nice It seems like there are just a lot of those small things you get used to that are really nice
x87678r 6y ago
Jetbrains has a lot of videos on youtube. eg this Intellij one has a bunch of stuff I never knew existed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AMcN-wkspU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AMcN-wkspU
darekkay 6y ago
Start with going through the settings [1]. You will learn some new things along the way. There's also a great WebStorm Guide [2], with many tips applicable to other languages as well. [1] https://darekkay.com/blog/intellij-idea-settings/ https://darekkay.com/blog/intellij-idea-settings/ [2] https://www.jetbrains.com/webstorm/guide/ https://www.jetbrains.com/webstorm/guide/
- markus_zhang 6y ago
  Thanks, I'm wondering if there are more tutorials about writing plugins. There are a few shortcuts that do not exist and I'd love to implement with a plugin.
  - darekkay 6y ago
    In 2014, I have written a just for fun plugin in about 2 hours (check out my write-up [1]). I've followed the "How to make an IntelliJ IDEA plugin in less than 30 minutes" [2] guide back then. Unfortunately, this guide seems to be outdated, but now there's an official guide [3]. [1] https://darekkay.com/blog/what-the-commit-plugin-for-intellij-idea/ https://darekkay.com/blog/what-the-commit-plugin-for-intelli... [2] https://www.cnblogs.com/meetrice/p/5184827.html https://www.cnblogs.com/meetrice/p/5184827.html [3] https://jetbrains.org/intellij/sdk/docs/basics/getting_started.html https://jetbrains.org/intellij/sdk/docs/basics/getting_start...
    - markus_zhang 6y ago
      Hi thanks a lot for the links! I wonder if it's as extensible as say Vim/Emacs.

Does anyone have any tips or resources for getting more out of the Jetbrains IDEs? I've been using them for years but I still feel like there's so much I'm not taking advantage of.

paulie_a 6y ago

My personal favorite is "find usages". You can destroy dead code which makes life a bit better in a large codebase. The pretty basic auto refactor is also nice It seems like there are just a lot of those small things you get used to that are really nice

x87678r 6y ago

Jetbrains has a lot of videos on youtube. eg this Intellij one has a bunch of stuff I never knew existed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AMcN-wkspU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AMcN-wkspU

darekkay 6y ago

Start with going through the settings [1]. You will learn some new things along the way. There's also a great WebStorm Guide [2], with many tips applicable to other languages as well. [1] https://darekkay.com/blog/intellij-idea-settings/ https://darekkay.com/blog/intellij-idea-settings/ [2] https://www.jetbrains.com/webstorm/guide/ https://www.jetbrains.com/webstorm/guide/

markus_zhang 6y ago
Thanks, I'm wondering if there are more tutorials about writing plugins. There are a few shortcuts that do not exist and I'd love to implement with a plugin.
- darekkay 6y ago
  In 2014, I have written a just for fun plugin in about 2 hours (check out my write-up [1]). I've followed the "How to make an IntelliJ IDEA plugin in less than 30 minutes" [2] guide back then. Unfortunately, this guide seems to be outdated, but now there's an official guide [3]. [1] https://darekkay.com/blog/what-the-commit-plugin-for-intellij-idea/ https://darekkay.com/blog/what-the-commit-plugin-for-intelli... [2] https://www.cnblogs.com/meetrice/p/5184827.html https://www.cnblogs.com/meetrice/p/5184827.html [3] https://jetbrains.org/intellij/sdk/docs/basics/getting_started.html https://jetbrains.org/intellij/sdk/docs/basics/getting_start...
  - markus_zhang 6y ago
    Hi thanks a lot for the links! I wonder if it's as extensible as say Vim/Emacs.