IntelliJ IDE
Contents
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
Java Frameworks
- J2EE - Hibernate - Grails - GWT - Spring - AspectJ
Build Tools (all)
Web development All but: - HAML - Flash/Flex
Version control - GitHub - Subversion - Git
Test tools - jUnit - TestNG-j - Coverage
Application servers - Application servers view - jBoss - Tomcat and TomEE - Glassfish - JSR45
Cloud ... enable if you use it
Swing ... disable
Android ... enable if you use it
Other tools (all)
Plugin development ... disable
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