Recommended IDEA Setup
Develop with pleasure: IDEA offers a lot of features for the developer. This document contains only a short lists of recommended settings and a very useful plugin.
Recommended IDEA Settings
Click on File > Settings to modify the following settings
- IDE Settings > Editor: Virtual Space
Disable 'Allow placement of caret after end of line' - IDE Settings > Editor
> Code Completion
Reduce the autopopup time after dot (ms) - IDE
Settings > Debugger > Stepping
Add the following patterns to 'Do not step into the classes' - groovy.*
- org.codehaus.*
Neighboorhood Plugin
- Menu File > Settings: Plugins, Available
- Native Neighbourhood (functionality
description). Right click on the item and select download and install.
Further information
- Official documentation site
- Short introduction to IDEA from Refcardz dzone
