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Devarshi Shimpi
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10+ Plugins That Will Boost Your Productivity With Intellij Idea

The IntelliJ IDEA is one of the developer’s prime tools. It has undergone various stages of structuring, molding, and design since its launch.

IntelliJ IDEA now boasts of being a tool that works to enhance a developer’s productivity to the max.

Inside IntelliJ IDEA are a strong code structure and design that works to ensure the development process is both enjoyable and productive.

Here are some IntelliJ Plugins that we consider best suited for boosting productivity while developing your apps.

1. Codota

Codota completes lines of code based on millions of open-source Java programs and your context helping you code faster with fewer errors.

codota

2. WakaTime

Wakatime provides Metrics, insights, and time tracking automatically generated from your programming activity.

wakatime

3. Rainbow Brackets

Rainbow Brackets Provides you beautiful and elegant Rainbow Parentheses for IntelliJ based IDEs.

rainbow brackets

It’s an awesome plugin to boost the visual experience while developing your apps

4. Mongo Plugin

Mongo plugin is a tool that allows accessing to Mongo databases.

mongo

It provides CRUD operations on mongo collections.

5. Save Actions

Save Actions Supports configurable, Eclipse like, save actions, including “optimize imports”, “reformat code”, “rearrange code”, “compile file” and some quick fixes for Java-like “add / remove ‘this’ qualifier”, etc.

save actions

The plugin executes the configured actions when the file is synchronized on disk.

6. ESLint

A plugin for ESLint IntelliJ integration. Support displaying eslint warnings as IntelliJ inspections

eslint

It allows Quick fixes for several rules & has support for custom eslint rules with config annotation and completion.

7. Atom Material Icons

This plugin Replaces Jetbrains icons with Atom File Icons and Material Design Icons! Gives Visual treat to your IntelliJ IDEA.

atom material icons

This is both a port of the Atom File Icons and the Material Theme Icons.

8. Rainbow CSV

A cool Plugin for highlighting CSV files in different colors.

rainbow csv

It Highlights CSV files in different rainbow colors.

9. Quokka

Quokka is a rapid prototyping playground in your editor, with access to your project’s files, inline reporting, code coverage, and rich output formatting.

quokka

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this plugin allows you to quickly prototype your ideas and get immediate feedback.

10. Dummy Text Generator

The plugin adds a random text generator, capable of creating witty texts in different genres. Created text can be inserted newly at the caret, or replace a selection.

textgen

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The dummy text generator is added to the main menu, tools menu and into the generate popup.

11. JSON Viewer

A simple plugin for viewing formatted JSON text on the tool window.

json viewer

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Yet another simple plugin for boosting your productivity in IntelliJ IDEA.

Happy Coding!!!

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Igor Zarvanskyi

👍 Better Highlights is a fantastic plugin for improving code comments! If you want cleaner, more organized comments in IntelliJ IDEA, this plugin is a must-try: plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/12895....

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Alex