IntelliJ Idea settings

Comments on new Class File created

For the personalized comments, use the following the template in the Preferences as below

Goto : Preferences -> Editor -> File and Code Templates and create a pattern of choice

/**
* Created by ${USER} on ${DAY_NAME_FULL}, ${MONTH_NAME_FULL}/${DAY}/${YEAR} at ${TIME}
*/

Show line numbers and Method separator

Configure Tabs

Ensure to check the MARK MODIFIED check box and Open the working Tabs on the left side.

Arrange Tab in two rows on Top

If opening on the top, uncheck the “Show tabs in one row, so that all the tabs appear like this

Show Pinned Tab in Separate Row

Configure font size for Presenting

Change Editor Font

Hide Usages

Hard Wrap

Useful Plugins

Generate All Setters

• When entity or DTO classes have lots of fields, it is easy to miss fields that are set, to Generate all Setters for long entity classes, use this plugin

properties to yml convert

• Converting application.properties into aplication.yml

Pom to Gradle

• While converting maven project to Gradle. USe this plugin for converting pom dependencies into gradle.

List of all downloaded plugins,

Select all (CTRL+A) and copy for a list of installed Plugins

• .env files support (2023.2)
• CodeGlance Pro (1.7.6)
• Docker (232.10203.2)
• EnvFile (3.4.1)
• google-java-format (1.17.0.0)
• Gradianto (5.5)
• Lightrun (1.19.0-release.3b9e786f14)
• Lombok (232.10203.10)
• One Dark theme (5.9.0)
• Package Search (232.9921.28)

• Pieces

  Save, Search, Share & Reuse Code Snippets (6.3.0)

• Presentation Assistant (1.0.10)
• Rainbow Brackets (2023.3.7)
• Randomness (2.7.7)
• RoboPOJOGenerator (2.4.1)
• Snyk Security - Code, Open Source, Container, IaC Configurations (2.5.6)
• Solarized Theme (3.0.0)
• SonarLint (10.0.1.77000)
• wl Spring Assistant (1.4.6.222.232)

New UI

Classic screen most used features

Top Left : Back button CMD [ , Forward CMD ]

Sidebar

• Left : Project, Commit, Structure, Bookmark
• Right : Gradle, Code Coverage

Customize the Toolbar

Final look

Show ByteCode

Flatten the package

Enable Auto restart with Devtools

Put the dependency in the gradle/maven file

// https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.springframework.boot/spring-boot-devtools
implementation group: 'org.springframework.boot', name: 'spring-boot-devtools', version: '3.2.3'

Make the following changes in the intelliJ settings

Enable SonarCube

Install the SonarLint plugin and configure it in IntelliJ

Add & Configure the Connection Set the Token, instead of user/password

Enable Google Code Format

Enable Font Zoom/Font Size change