Editing IntelliJ IDEA (section)

==Features==
===Coding assistance===
The IDE provides certain features<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title = IntelliJ IDEA :: Features|url = https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/features/|website = JetBrains|access-date = 2016-02-07}}</ref> like [[autocomplete|code completion]] by analysing the context, code navigation which allows jumping to a class or declaration in the code directly, [[code refactoring]], [[Debugging|code debugging]],<ref>Roman Beskrovnyi, [https://codegym.cc/groups/posts/243-debugging-in-intellij-idea-a-beginners-guide "Debugging in IntelliJ IDEA: a beginner's guide"], ''CodeGym.cc blog'', 16 March 2020</ref> [[Lint (software)|linting]] and options to fix inconsistencies via suggestions.

===Built in tools and integration===
The IDE provides<ref name=":0" /> integration with build/packaging tools like [[Apache Maven|Maven]], [[Grunt (software)|Grunt]], [[Gradle]], and [[sbt (software)|sbt]]. It supports databases like [[Microsoft SQL Server]], [[Oracle Database|Oracle]], [[PostgreSQL]], [[SQLite]], and [[MySQL]] can be accessed directly from the IDE in the Ultimate edition, through an embedded version of [[JetBrains#DataGrip|DataGrip]], another IDE developed by JetBrains.

=== Plugin ecosystem ===
IntelliJ IDEA supports plugins through which one can add additional functionality to the IDE. Plugins can be downloaded and installed either from IntelliJ's plugin repository website or through the IDE's built-in plugin search and install feature. Each edition has separate plugin repositories, with the Community edition supporting over 7,600 plugins, and the Ultimate edition supporting over 8,300 plugins, as of November 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=JetBrains Marketplace |url=https://plugins.jetbrains.com/ |website=[[JetBrains]] |access-date=2 November 2024}}</ref>

===Supported languages===
The Community and Ultimate editions differ in their support for various programming languages as shown in the following table.<ref name="editions">{{cite web|url = http://www.jetbrains.com/idea/features/editions_comparison_matrix.html|title = IntelliJ IDEA Editions Comparison|work = JetBrains|access-date = 19 December 2014}}</ref>

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Supported in both Community and Ultimate Edition:
* [[CSS]], [[Sass (style sheet language)|Sass]], [[Sass (stylesheet language)|SCSS]], [[Less (style sheet language)|Less]], [[Stylus (style sheet language)|Stylus]]
* [[Apache Groovy|Groovy]]
* [[HTML]], [[XML]], [[JSON]], [[YAML]]
* [[Java (programming language)|Java]]
* [[Kotlin (programming language)|Kotlin]]
* [[Markdown]]
* [[XSL]], [[XPATH]]

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Supported in both Community and Ultimate Edition via plugins:
* [[Clojure]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/8090-cursive |title=Cursive - Plugins - JetBrains |website=JetBrains Plugin Repository}}</ref>
* CloudSlang<ref>{{ cite web|url=https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/9437-cloudslang-plugin|title=CloudSlang - Plugins - JetBrains|website=JetBrains Plugin Repository}}</ref>
* [[Dart (programming language)|Dart]]
* [[Elm (programming language)|Elm]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/10268-elm|title=Elm - Plugins - JetBrains|website=JetBrains Plugin Repository|access-date=2019-03-04|archive-date=2021-05-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509061803/https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/10268-elm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Erlang (programming language)|Erlang]]
* [[Gosu (programming language)|Gosu]]
* [[Haskell]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/8258-intellij-haskell|title=Haskell - Plugins - JetBrains|last=van der Kleij|first=Rik|website=JetBrains Plugin Repository}}</ref>
* [[Haxe]]
* [[Julia (programming language)|Julia]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/10413-julia|title=Julia - Plugins - JetBrains|website=JetBrains Plugin Repository}}</ref>
* [[Lua (programming language)|Lua]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bitbucket.org/sylvanaar2/lua-for-idea/wiki/Home|title=sylvanaar2 / Lua For IDEA / wiki / Home — Bitbucket|website=bitbucket.org|access-date=2016-04-03|archive-date=2016-10-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011164942/https://bitbucket.org/sylvanaar2/lua-for-idea/wiki/Home|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Perl]]
* [[Python (programming language)|Python]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/7322?pr=|title=Python Community Edition - Plugins - JetBrains|website=JetBrains Plugin Repository}}</ref><ref name="jetbrains.com">{{cite web |url=https://blog.jetbrains.com/pycharm/2013/09/jetbrains-delights-the-python-community-with-a-free-edition-of-its-famous-ide-pycharm-3-0/ |title=JetBrains Delights the Python Community with a Free Edition of its Famous IDE, PyCharm 3.0 |date=24 September 2013 |website=jetbrains.com}}</ref>
* [[R (programming language)|R]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/6632-r-language-support|title=R Language for IntelliJ|website=JetBrains Plugin Repository}}</ref>
* [[Rust (programming language)|Rust]]<ref>{{cite web |author=JetBrains |author-link=JetBrains |title=Rust |website=JetBrains Plugins |url=https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/8182-rust/ |access-date=2019-12-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Cheptsov |first1=Andrey |date=2017-08-04 |df=dmy |title=Official Support for Open-Source Rust Plugin for IntelliJ IDEA, CLion, and Other JetBrains IDEs |website=JetBrains Blog |url=https://blog.jetbrains.com/blog/2017/08/04/official-support-for-open-source-rust-plugin-for-intellij-idea-clion-and-other-jetbrains-ides/ |access-date=2019-12-10}}</ref>
* [[Scala (programming language)|Scala]]
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Supported only in Ultimate Edition:
* [[CoffeeScript]], [[ActionScript]]
* [[JavaScript]], [[TypeScript]]
* [[SQL]]

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Supported only in Ultimate Edition via plugins:
* [[Cython]]
* [[Go (programming language)|Go]]
* [[PHP]]
* [[Ruby (programming language)|Ruby]] and [[JRuby]]
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===Technologies and frameworks===

Source:<ref name=editions/>

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Supported in both Community and Ultimate Edition:

* [[Android (operating system)|Android]] (includes the functionality of [[Android Studio]])
* [[Apache Ant|Ant]]
* [[Gradle]]
* Test runners ([[JUnit]], [[TestNG]], [[Spock (testing framework)|Spock]], [[Cucumber (software)|Cucumber]], ScalaTest, spec2, etc.)
* [[JavaFX]]
* [[Apache Maven|Maven]]

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Supported only in Ultimate Edition:

* [[Django (web framework)|Django]]
* [[Thymeleaf]], [[FreeMarker]], [[Apache Velocity|Velocity]]
* [[Grails (framework)|Grails]]
* [[Jakarta EE]] ([[Jakarta Faces]], [[JAX-RS]], [[Contexts and Dependency Injection|CDI]], [[Jakarta Persistence|JPA]], etc.)
* [[Micronaut (framework)|Micronaut]], [[Quarkus]], Helidon
* [[Node.js]], [[React (software)|React]], [[Vue.js]], [[Angular (web framework)|Angular]]
* [[AspectJ]], [[JBoss Seam]], [[OSGi]]
* [[Play Framework|Play]]
* [[Ruby on Rails]]
* [[SBT (software)|sbt]]<ref>{{cite web|url = http://blog.jetbrains.com/scala/2013/11/18/built-in-sbt-support-in-intellij-idea-13/|title = Built-in SBT Support in IntelliJ IDEA 13|work = JetBrains|date = 18 November 2013}}</ref>
* [[Spring Framework|Spring]]
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There was a free [[Plug-in (computing)|plugin]] from [[Atlassian]] for IntelliJ available to integrate with [[Jira (software)|JIRA]],<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.atlassian.com/software/ideconnector/|title = IDE Connectors|publisher = [[Atlassian]]|access-date = 2009-02-07|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111018065835/http://www.atlassian.com/software/ideconnector/|archive-date = 2011-10-18|url-status = dead}}</ref> [[Bamboo (software)|Bamboo]], [[Crucible (software)|Crucible]] and [[FishEye (software)|FishEye]]. However, the software, called IDE-Connector, was discontinued on June 1, 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://developer.atlassian.com/blog/2015/06/discontinuing-ide-connectors-support/?_ga=1.16395702.1631102713.1476165618|title=We are discontinuing the support for Atlassian IDE Connectors - Atlassian Developers|website=developer.atlassian.com|date=June 2015|access-date=2016-11-02|archive-date=2016-11-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104001236/https://developer.atlassian.com/blog/2015/06/discontinuing-ide-connectors-support/?_ga=1.16395702.1631102713.1476165618|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Software versioning and revision control===
The two editions also differ in their support<ref name="editions" /> for [[software versioning]] and [[revision control]] systems.

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Supported in both Community and Ultimate Edition:
* [[Git]]
* [[Mercurial]]
* [[Apache Subversion|Subversion]]
* [[Azure DevOps Server|Azure DevOps]] (formerly TFS/VSTS; via plug-in)<ref>{{cite web |author=JetBrains |author-link=JetBrains |title=TFS |website=JetBrains Plugins |url=https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/4578-tfs/ |access-date=2019-12-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Microsoft |author-link=Microsoft |title=Azure DevOps |website=JetBrains Plugins |url=https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/7981-azure-devops |access-date=2019-12-10}}</ref>
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Supported only in Ultimate Edition:
* [[Perforce]]
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