The truth is that I have been a happy IntelliJ IDEA (for the sake of brevity and laziness, you’ll see IntelliJ IDEA referred to in full, as well as simply “IntelliJ” and “IDEA” as well from here on) user since 2004 - a full decade. Unless you have a darn good reason, you don’t often use more than one IDE, let alone all three of the major IDEs in the Java world: Eclipse, IntelliJ IDEA and NetBeans. The choice of IDE for developers is one of the most contentious debates in the software game. My name is Anton, and I’m an IntelliJ IDEA addict. Chapter III: Tests, Deployments, and Artifacts With IntelliJ IDEA.

Chapter II: Getting Comfortable With IntelliJ IDEA’s Keymap, Navigation & Settings.Chapter I: Setting Up an IntelliJ IDEA Project.In this article, talk about the IntelliJ IDE, why people like it, how to set up IntelliJ for your first project, and the keybindings and shortcuts that make working with this popular IDE a breeze. Eclipse (or NetBeans)? Believe it or not, software developers argue as much about their IDE as any of these other hotly-debated topics.

Intellij key mapping