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IntelliJ IDEA Essentials
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IntelliJ IDEA Essentials

by Jaroslaw Krochmalski
December 2014
Intermediate to advanced
276 pages
5h 54m
English
Packt Publishing
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Chapter 1. Get to Know Your IDE, Fast

In this chapter, we will compare IntelliJ IDEA editions and licenses, install the tool, and quickly introduce the main workspace. IntelliJ IDEA comes with many settings; it is not possible to cover all of them in one book so we will focus on the most important ones. We will cover the following topics in this chapter:

  • Comparing the various editions
  • Installing the tool
  • Workspace overview
  • IDE settings
  • Configuration tips and tricks

Comparing the various editions

IntelliJ IDEA is available as a free Community Edition and full-fledged Ultimate Edition. From the licensing point of view, the good thing is you can use both editions to develop the software you want to sell. It is worth mentioning that the new Android Studio ...

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