IntelliJ IDE

Requirements

IntelliJ requires a Java JDK to work, see Java JDK setup.

Installation

Get binaries

Download IDEA IntelliJ from the official website: https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/

Take the IntelliJ Ultimate Edition version.

Linux

• Download the IdeaU-xxx.tar.gz' package
• Copy the package into your dev directory
• Launch the application

tar -xzvf IdeaU-xxx.tar.gz
cd Idea-IU-xxx/bin
./idea.sh &

First launch configuration

During first launch you'll be ask a bunch of questions. The first are easy, then you'll to configure your environment. Here are my settings:

Tune your IDEA

Global points:

• Build tools  : enable ALL
• Cloud  : only if required
• Swing  : DISABLE
• Android  : only if required
• Plugin development : DISABLE

Java Frameworks

• J2EE
• Hibernate
• Grails
• GWT
• Spring
• AspectJ

Web development

All but:

• HAML
• Flash/Flex

Version control

At least enable:

• GitHub
• Subversion
• Git

Test tools

• jUnit
• TestNG-j
• Coverage

Application servers

• Application servers view
• jBoss
• Tomcat and TomEE
• Glassfish
• JSR45 (=== JSPs)

Featured plugins

If you want to do some web development, then you should really install nodeJs and Live Edit Tool!

Configuration

You can access the configuration from the launcher screen: Configuration → Settings.

Settings

IDE settings

Settings → Editor → General

• Change font size (Zoom) with Ctrl+mouse wheel

Settings → Editor → Appearance

• Show line numbers
• Show breadcumbs for XML files

Settings → Editor → Editor tabs

• Mark modified tabs with aterisk

Imports

Settings → Editor → Auto import

• Enable: Optimize import on the fly
• Enable: Add unambiguous imports on the fly

Maven settings

Settings → Build, Execution, Deployment → Maven

• Force check of snapshots
• Set Maven home directory
• Set Maven settings file

Settings → Build, Execution, Deployment → Maven → Importing

• Import Maven projects automatically
• Create module groups for multi-module Maven projects
• Download sources and documentation (optional)

Application servers

Adjust your Application Servers path and settings.

Languages & frameworks

Set your JavaFX scene builder home.

As a reminder, you can download scene builder from Oracle: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/javafxscenebuilder-info-2157684.html