intellij.md

IntelliJ IDEA

https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/

IntelliJ on Mac notes.

Shortcuts differ between Windows and Mac, and even between versions.

IntelliJ IDEA vs PyCharm

If you're only doing Python then you may want to just get PyCharm.

If you're a serious experienced programmer or 'DevOps' you're probably a polyglot programmer who edits other files.

In that case stick to full IntelliJ with plugins (see Plugins section further down).

Plugins supported in PyCharm are usually also compatible with Intellij IDEA too as they're based on the same IDE framework by IntelliJ.

Install

Download link

brew install intellij-idea-ce

The Ultimate Shortcut

Cmd-Shift-A

This will allow you to type to search and find any action and hit enter to open it, such as a settings page, but it also shows the actual configured keyboard shortcut for things like commenting out a line.

This is useful because the internet is often wrong on the shortcuts depending on whether your're on Windows / Mac or different versions.

This is the authoritative shortcut of what your local keyboard shortcuts really are.

Plugins

You can use this command (doc) to install plugins quickly from the command line:

idea installPlugins "$plugin_name_or_id"

You must exit IntelliJ before running this as only one idea program can be running at a time.

Useful Plugins

These can be installed all in one shot using the script install_intellij_plugins.sh in the DevOps-Bash-tools repo:

install_intellij_plugins.sh

You can add / comment / uncomment which plugins to install in the adjacent setup/intellij-plugins.txt config file in that same repo.

Docker, Kubernetes and Terraform

• Docker
• Terraform and HCL
• Kubernetes - only available in Ultimate Edition :-(

idea installPlugins \
  Docker \
  org.intellij.plugins.hcl
  #com.intellij.kubernetes  # only available in Ultimate Edition :-(

Languages

• Shell Script - shell support
• Bash Support
• Perl
• Python - see Python section further down
• Java/Groovy/Scala/Kotlin/Maven/SBT/Gradle - see JVM section further down
• Go Linter

idea installPlugins \
  com.jetbrains.sh \
  BashSupport \
  com.perl5 \
  com.ypwang.plugin.go-linter

Core Editing, Git & File Formats

• .ignore - supports various .ignore files for different technologies
• Code Glance - adds a minimap of the file
• Grep Console
• BrowseWordAtCaret
• Editor Config
• GitLink - shortcut to open files on GitHub and other hosted repo providers
• Git Toolbox - automatic fetches, show status vs upsteam origin
• CSV Editor
• JSON Parser - validate & format JSON strings
• CamelCase
• RegexpTester
• Database Navigator
• Markdown Navigator Enhanced
• Zero Width Characters locator - find characters that could break your code
• Env files support
• String Manipulation
• Rainbow Brackets
• Rainbow CSV
• Indent Rainbow
• Return Highlighter

idea installPlugins \
  mobi.hsz.idea.gitignore \
  org.editorconfig.editorconfigjetbrains \
  uk.co.ben-gibson.remote.repository.mapper \
  zielu.gittoolbox \
  net.vektah.codeglance \
  GrepConsole \
  BrowseWordAtCaret \
  net.seesharpsoft.intellij.plugins.csv \
  com.godwin.json.parser \
  de.netnexus.camelcaseplugin \
  org.intellij.RegexpTester \
  DBN \
  com.vladsch.idea.multimarkdown \
  com.ultrahob.zerolength.plugin \
  ru.adelf.idea.dotenv \
  "String Manipulation" \
  izhangzhihao.rainbow.brackets \
  com.andrey4623.rainbowcsv \
  indent-rainbow.indent-rainbow \
  com.github.lppedd.idea-return-highlighter

Usage Stats

• WakaTime - stats on your usage
• Code Time - stats on your usage
• Statistic - shows project stats, files, line count etc.

idea installPlugins \
  com.wakatime.intellij.plugin \
  com.softwareco.intellij.plugin \
  Statistic \

Cloud

• AWS ToolKit - Amazon CodeWhisperer integration
• Azure Toolkit for IntelliJ
• Google Cloud Code

idea installPlugins \
  aws.toolkit \
  com.microsoft.tooling.msservices.intellij.azure \
  com.google.gct.core

CI/CD

• Jenkins Pipeline Linter
• Jenkins Control
• Groovy - for your Groovy Shared Library functions
• Teamcity - just use Jenkins instead - see the Jenkins-on-Kubernetes page for easy Kubernetes automated deployment
• SonarLint
• Synk Security

idea installPlugins \
  com.github.mikesafonov.jenkins-linter-idea-plugin \
  'Jenkins Control Plugin' \
  org.intellij.groovy \
  "Jetbrains TeamCity Plugin" \
  io.snyk.snyk-intellij-plugin \
  org.sonarlint.idea  # use with SonarQube / SonarCloud

Optional - Nice to Haves

• IDEA Features Trainer - teaches you the IDE
• Key Promoter X - teaches you keyboard shortcut when you click with the mouse
• Material Theme UI
• Extra Icons - adds icons for different file types
• Atom Material Icons - nicer file icons
• Yet another emoji support
• Mongo
• Pieces - code snippets - you should be using libraries but unfortunately some languages have boilerplate for which library do not solve the repetition between programs. See also HariSekhon/Templates

idea installPlugins \
  training \
  "Key Promoter X" \
  com.chrisrm.idea.MaterialThemeUI \
  lermitage.intellij.extra.icons \
  com.mallowigi \
  com.github.shiraji.yaemoji
  #"Mongo Plugin"  # who uses Mongo any more?

Python

• Python (contains better support for Jython than PyCharm - cross-language navigation, completion and refactoring)
• Requirements
• PyLint
• Mypy
• Live Coding in Python
• Python Enhancements
• Python Security
• Python Annotations

idea installPlugins \
  PythonCore \
  ru.meanmail.plugin.requirements \
  com.leinardi.pycharm.pylint \
  com.leinardi.pycharm.mypy \
  io.github.donkirkby.livepycharm \
  com.pythondce \
  org.tonybaloney.security.pycharm-security \
  ru.meanmail.plugin.pyannotations

For IntelliJ Ultimate swap PythonCore for Pythonid.

JavaScript

• NodeJS
• ESLint
• Prettier
• Quokka - rapid prototyping playground

idea installPlugins \
  NodeJS \
  com.wix.eslint \
  intellij.prettierJS
  quokka.js \

Java / Groovy / Scala / Kotlin & JVM Tools

• Groovy
• Scala
• Kotlin
• Maven Helper
• SBT
• Gradle
• Gradle/Maven Navigation
• Sprint Boot Assistant
• Lombok - automates generating getters/setters etc.
  • Project Lombok
• JRebel - auto-reload code changes
• XRebel - performance profiling

idea installPlugins \
  org.intellij.scala \
  org.jetbrains.kotlin \
  MavenRunHelper \
  SBT \
  com.intellij.gradle \
  tv.twelvetone.gradle.plugin.navigation \
  dev.flikas.idea.spring.boot.assistant.plugin \
  Lombook Plugin \
  JRebelPlugin

Debugging

• SpotBugs
• LiveEdit - shows changes instantly for JavaScript, HTML, can enable for NodeJS etc.
• Lightrun - for live running code debugging using Lightrun
• Rookout

idea installPlugins \
  org.jetbrains.plugins.spotbugs \
  com.intellij.plugins.html.instantEditing \
  com.lightrun.idea.plugin.saas.LightrunPlugin \
  com.rookout.intellij-plugin

AI Plugins

• JetBrains AI Assistant
• AWS ToolKit - Amazon CodeWhisperer integration
• TabNine - AI code suggestions
• Codota AI Autocomplete for Java and JavaScript
  • idea installPlugins com.codota.csp.intellij
• GitHub CoPilot
• AI Coding Assistant
• Codiumate - CodiumAI integration

idea installPlugins \
  com.tabnine.TabNine

Pair Programming

• Code with Me - pair programming
• Duckly Pair Programming

More Plugins

• Better Highlights
  • idea install com.clutcher.comments_highlighter
• MultiRun
• Randomness
• CodeMetrics
• MetricsReloaded
• CPU Usage Indicator - use Stats on Mac instead