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)