Intellij Deep Dive

List of used functionality and shortcuts in the meetup

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Plugins

Learning Shortcuts– Key Promoter

• https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/9792-key-promoter-x

Presentation Assistant

• https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/7345-presentation-assistant

Settings

Semantic Highlighting

• https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/configuring-colors-and-fonts.html#semantic-highlighting

Fonts

• https://sourcefoundry.org/hack/
• https://github.com/adobe-fonts/source-code-pro
• https://www.google.com/get/noto/
• https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode

Navigation

Recent Files – ⌘ E/CTRL E

Recent Locations – ⌘ ⇧ E/CTRL ⇧ E

• https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/navigating-through-the-source-code.html

Debugging

Smart Step Into – ⇧ + F7

• https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/stepping-through-the-program.html#smart-step-into

Breakpoints - conditions, stack traces, patterns

• https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/using-breakpoints.html

Stream Debugging

• https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/analyze-java-stream-operations.html

Analyze stack trace

• https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/analyzing-external-stacktraces.html

Refactor and Code Completion

Refactor This – ⌃T/ Ctrl T

• https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/refactoring-source-code.html

Complete Current Stmt – ⌃⇧ Enter/ Ctrl ⇧ Enter

Smart Code Completion ⌃⇧ Space/Ctrl ⇧ Space

• https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/auto-completing-code.html#completion_tips

Live Templates – ⌘ J/CTRL J

• https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/using-live-templates.html

Multiple cursors

Clone caret – ⇧ ⌥ Click/⇧ Alt Click

• https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/working-with-source-code.html#multiple_cursor

Structural Search and Replace

• https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/structural-search-and-replace.html

Version Control

• https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/version-control-integration.html

History for selection

Copy reference – ⌥ ⇧ ⌘ V /ALT ⇧ CTRL V

Merge tool

• https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/resolving-conflicts.html#distributed-version-control-systems

Shelve Changes

• https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/shelving-and-unshelving-changes.html

REST Client

• https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/http-client-in-product-code-editor.html

For more see Intellij YT channel or blog:

• https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4ogdcPcIAOOMJktgBMhQnQ
• https://blog.jetbrains.com/idea/