IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition Essential Training

Course details

Get started with IntelliJ IDEA, one of the most popular IDEs for programming with Java and other Java virtual machine (JVM) languages. In this course, David Gassner explains how to install how to install JetBrains Toolbox and IntelliJ IDEA, configure the Java Development Kit (JDK), and create new projects. He also walks through the IntelliJ IDEA user interface and demonstrates the IDE’s powerful code generation and debugging tools. Plus, he explains how to work with Git and GitHub to manage your source code, and how to program with other popular JVM languages such as Kotlin, Groovy and Scala.

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Why IntelliJ IDEA
02 - What you should know

1. Getting Started

03 - Explore IntelliJ IDEA editions
04 - Install JetBrains Toolbox
05 - Install IntelliJ IDEA on Windows
06 - Install IntelliJ IDEA on macOS
07 - Configure the Java Development Kit (JDK)
08 - Create a new Java project
09 - Manage IntelliJ IDEA updates
10 - Manage Settings or Preferences
11 - Explore the structure of a Java project
12 - Open files outside of projects with LightEdit
13 - Get online help

2. Explore the User Interface

14 - Explore the editor window
15 - Explore the project window
16 - Use other tool windows
17 - Manage the window layout
18 - Speed up coding with keyboard shortcuts

3. Edit and Debug Code

19 - Create new packages, classes, and interfaces
20 - Generate boilerplate code
21 - Reformat code and optimize imports
22 - Navigate code and find files
23 - Refactor code
24 - Create and use live templates
25 - Store code in scratch files
26 - Challenge - Create a class that represents a data object
27 - Solution - Create a class that represents a data object

4. Analyze and Debug Code

28 - Analyze code
29 - Step through code with breakpoints
30 - Inspect variable values

5. Build, Compile, and Package Java Projects

31 - Build Java projects
32 - Add external libraries to a project
33 - Download libraries from Maven repos
34 - Package classes in JAR files
35 - Generate API documentation with JavaDoc

6. Use Software Version Control

36 - Install Git
37 - Create a local Git repository
38 - Configure GitHub in IntelliJ IDEA
39 - Share a project on GitHub
40 - Pull changes from GitHub
41 - Commit and push changes to GitHub
42 - Manage multiple branches with Git
43 - Share code snippets as Gists

7. Programming with Other JVM Languages

44 - Create a Groovy project
45 - Create a Scala project
46 - Create a Kotlin project

Conclusion

47 - Next steps