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Intellij Idea has a lot of plugins, both paid and free (I'm using only free). Here is a list of my favorite, that I'm using daily.
All images are from the official plugin's web page
SonarLint
SonarLint is a static code analyzer. Idea has build-in code analyzer, but SonarLint is able to find more issues in your Java code, so they work perfectly together. SonarLint can be connected to SonarQube server, but even in standalone is an interesting plugin.
Rainbow Brackets
Rainbow Brackets is just an eye candy tool that makes brackets colorful. There is also Indent Rainbow but I'm not using it.
Code review tool
That's what I'm most happy about. Making code review in web browser is a pain, you can't see the full code, you can't go to method implementation in simply way, etc. Moving this process to the IDE was fantastic decision.
In my company we're using the GitLab, so I'm using Merge Request Integration CE - Code Review for GitLab. But if you are using GitHub or BitBucket or other tool for code review - I'm sure that there is a good plugin for you, just search and test.
Extra Icons
Extra Icons adds icons for popular tools that are not available in Idea by default.
CSV Plugin
CSV Plugin allows to open the .csv files in tabular, excel-like view. Useful from time to time.
CodeGlance
CodeGlance adds a code mini map into the editor pane. Not very useful, just show yours code structure.
CamelCase
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CodeGlance allows switching easily between kebab-case, SNAKE_CASE, PascalCase, camelCase, snake_case or space case. I'm using it when renaming the variable after changing the scope.
AsciiDoc
In my company we are using Spring REST Docs to create technical documentation. AsciiDoc plugin just shows rendered preview of .adoc files.
Request mapper
Request mapper is a tool that allows you to find a URL mapping declaration in your Spring/JAX-RS/Micronaut project. You can add @RequestMapping annotation on both, class and method and the plugin still works fine and quick.
IDE Features Trainer
I've used this plugin in the past. As the home page says:
Learn basic shortcuts and essential features interactively — right inside the IDE.
You can learn the IDE in an easy, interactive way.
IDE Features Trainer plugin page
Bonus 1 - the font
I'm using the Monaco font. In my opinion it's really readable and clean. I love that font.
Bonus 2 - Live templates
I'm using only one live template in my daily job - to create new JUnit test.
To create that one, open Preferences ⇾ Editor ⇾ Live Templates, then add new template and paste:
@org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
public void $END$() throws Exception {
}
Bonus 3 - skip Spring's classes when debugging
I was really annoyed when I was debugging my application and saw infinite numbers of Spring's classes. So I've opened Preferences ⇾ Build, Execution, Deployment ⇾ Debugger ⇾ Stepping and added org.springframework.* into the Do not step into the clasess list. Really helpful trick ;)
Share in comments yours favorite plugins and tricks.
Latest comments (5)
Cool list Mateusz, thanks. I have already installed Rainbow Brackets and Extra Icons. If you are in bookmarking code snippets for later reuse I recommend the Save to Bookmarks.dev plugin
I personally can't live without Grep Console. This little plugin can apply colour to log output lines based on regular expressions. Why is that useful?
A real timesaver when you're faced with a lot of log output. It's such a small thing but for me it has become essential to the point where I wonder why IntelliJ doesn't have it integrated already.
Thanks for sharing! I will try it
Maven Helper Plugin brings (beside other useful things) Eclipse-like dependency analyzer and manager. It's way better than anything else you can find for Idea for this purpose.
Wow, Its very close to my setup :3
But, I use String Manipulation Plugin instead of CodeGlance, as with String Manipulation I can increment, decrement, create a sequence and other cool features