IntelliJ IDEA 8.1 released

Today there was an updated version of the ideological G8. In addition to the bug fixes in 8.1, there are new things that I consider appropriate to mention in a few words.

1. Idea Server. Each more or less complex program, and the idea can certainly be ranked as a complex program, there is such a thing as settings. Every time we launch the “not_so_svoe_computer” program, in other words, just in a different configuration (or the program has just been installed), we first go into the settings and change them in our own way. For example, I do this all the time with Total Commander, setting my favorite settings: how to quickly search, how to compress, what to show, etc. IntelliJ IDEA, like any other IDE, is about 1000 times more complicated than the example described above. And there are so many settings that I don’t remember them all. These are fonts, colors, inspection settings (some can be turned off), and, most importantly, custom shortcuts. Agree, every time to set these settings again is not very convenient. To solve this problem, IDEA has a new feature - Idea Server. Everything is very simple. You register once on the server and your IDE settings are stored remotely. When you launch IDE, you can login under your account and the settings will be loaded from the server themselves. In my opinion, lovers of custom settings will appreciate this thing. I, frankly, use the default settings.

2. Powerful update of VCS functionality. First, integration with Git has emerged, which is becoming increasingly popular. Secondly, integration with TFS (Team Foundation Server) appeared.
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3. For SQL lovers, Oracle-supported dialect is supported.

4. Integration with Resin AppServer

5. Added support for copyrights. For me, this is a significant plus. Because I often commit in the open-source communities, then copyright verification takes some time. If you rule someone else's code with copyright, then you need to remember to change the year to a new one, etc. Now all this (inserting or editing copyright) can be done directly from the commit dialogue. Conveniently.

Work has also been done to improve performance. In particular, the startup is accelerated, work with the compiler cache is accelerated, which significantly reduces compile time. Read more here http://www.jetbrains.com/idea/features/newfeatures.html