Useful Tools and IntelliJ Plugins#
We have created a list of some of our favourite plugins for IntelliJ which should hopefully help you as you complete your project.
IntelliJ Plugins#
All of these plugins are more easily installed by opening IntelliJ then selecting IntelliJ IDEA -> Preferences -> Plugins. Search the marketplace and install them directly into IntelliJ.
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Colours brackets when coding to make them easier to distinguish. |
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High contrast theme to make coding more pleasant. |
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Fully compliant with UML and makes creating UML graphs (domain models, use cases, etc) much easier. To learn more: click here. |
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Helps you learn IntelliJ’s keyboard shortcuts so you can ditch the mouse when coding. |
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Javadoc |
Javadoc is a documentation generator that makes code commenting far easier and comes natively bundled with IntelliJ. To learn how to use it, follow these instructions. |
Tools#
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GitHub comes natively bundled with IntelliJ but if you prefer to use a GUI, GitKraken is a good tool. |