IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition Essential Training (2017)

Get started with IntelliJ IDEA, one of the most popular IDEs for programming Java and other Java virtual machine (JVM) languages.

Introduction

• Why IntelliJ IDEA?
• What you should know

1. Getting Started

• Explore IntelliJ IDEA editions
• Install JetBrains Toolbox
• Install IntelliJ IDEA on Windows
• Install IntelliJ IDEA on macOS
• Configure the Java Development Kit (JDK)
• Create a new Java project
• Manage IntelliJ IDEA updates
• Manage Settings or Preferences
• Explore the structure of a Java project
• Open files outside of projects with LightEdit
• Get online help

2. Explore the User Interface

• Explore the editor window
• Explore the project window
• Use other tool windows
• Manage the window layout
• Speed up coding with keyboard shortcuts

3. Edit and Debug Code

• Create new packages, classes, and interfaces
• Generate boilerplate code
• Reformat code and optimize imports
• Navigate code and find files
• Refactor code
• Create and use live templates
• Store code in scratch files
• Challenge: Create a class that represents a data object
• Solution: Create a class that represents a data object

4. Analyze and Debug Code

• Analyze code
• Step through code with breakpoints
• Inspect variable values

5. Build, Compile, and Package Java Projects

• Build Java projects
• Add external libraries to a project
• Download libraries from Maven repos
• Package classes in JAR files
• Generate API documentation with JavaDoc

6. Use Software Version Control

• Install Git
• Create a local Git repository
• Configure GitHub in IntelliJ IDEA
• Share a project on GitHub
• Pull changes from GitHub
• Commit and push changes to GitHub
• Manage multiple branches with Git
• Share code snippets as Gists

7. Programming with Other JVM Languages

• Create a Groovy project
• Create a Scala project
• Create a Kotlin project

Conclusion

• Next steps