Power of IntelliJ in video

Today I was listening and some time watching (it helps to have two monitors :) the following video that I got from Jetbrains blog post, Vaclav Pech Talking at JAX 2010

I learned several tips and I think this video shows why I like more and more IntelliJ.

If you missed Vaclav Pech speech at JAX 2010, here’s your chance to hear it right now. In this presentation he’s discussing common coding pitfalls such as possible NPE, unreachable code, and explains how they can be easily avoided.

Vaclav Pech at JAX 2010 from Egor Malyshev on Vimeo.

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IntelliJ 9 and changeset

Day after day I find little gems in IntelliJ 9 that just make me more productive and give me more time to deal with the real interesting things.

Today for example I had to change a web.xml file which I was said that I should take care not to commit because if this file would go to our customer than we would have a problem.

We are currently using JIRA and Greenhopper and I use the excellent plugin Atlassian Connector for IntelliJ IDEA

My working process, which is not rocket science but needs a bit of discipline, is the following:

1. Before starting a change I check that there is a task in our JIRA
2. Then I get this task and create a changeset in IntelliJ
3. Starting from now, everything I change is logged into that changeset
4. If I need to work shortly on another task I get another task from JIRA and create another changeset and start to log my work on that new changeset
5. When it is time to commit I just commit the changeset. Done

Back to my web.xml issue, I had to take care not to commit it. I knew it from the start that I will have an issue if I commit that file.

So immediately, having the information,  I created a new changeset named “Do not commit” and added the web.xml change to that changeset.

I was then on the safe side! Why? Because after working almost the whole morning and changing hundred of files I didn’t had to remember about that possible issue because the tool will remind me that. What a mind refresher!

If I had not done that then I would have to first remind that I don’t have to commit that file and then I would have to browse the hundreds of file searching for the one I have to commit and the other one.

So help yourself work on your toolset and become a more productive developer!

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