IntelliJ IDEA Essentials

Develop better software fast with IntelliJ IDEA

About This Book

• Tailor IntelliJ IDEA to your needs and to the demands of your projects
• Use IDEA’s powerful software development tools to their fullest potential
• Explore IntelliJ IDEA’s impressive and extensive features and functionalities for successful software development

Who This Book Is For

This book is for developers who want to work smarter so they can focus their efforts on the details that will give them the advantage. This book is tailor-made for developers who want to move from NetBeans and Eclipse to experience the power and functionality of IntelliJ IDEA.

In Detail

Starting with a walkthrough of the main workspace, you will get up and running with IDEA from the word go. You will learn how to exploit IDEA’s software development tools and use the various product features such as source code control, the debugger, and the many code generation tools.

You will then move on to advanced topics such as how IntelliJ helps in version control, managing change lists, viewing differences and changes, and reverting changes. You will also learn how IDEA can be used for agile development and web development, as well as its integration with frameworks such as Gradle.

Complete with tips and tricks, this book will make sure that you have an in-depth and extensive knowledge of informed programming.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Get to Know Your IDE, Fast
Chapter 2: Off We Go – To the Code
Chapter 3: The Editor
Chapter 4: Make it Better – Refactoring
Chapter 5: Make It Happen – Running Your Project
Chapter 6: Building Your Project
Chapter 7: Red or Green? Test Your Code
Chapter 8: Squash’em – The Debugger
Chapter 9: Working with Your Team
Chapter 10: Not Enough? Extend It