When it comes to productivity, what counts is reliable and smart support from your IDE for the frameworks in your project. IntelliJ IDEA’s support for Groovy, Grails and Spring has been going strong for the last few years, expanding and refining its features with each new release. Let’s explore the most tricky features of the IDE that help developers to be more productive.

1. Becoming a Productive Developer
with IntelliJ IDEA
Andrey Cheptsov, JetBrains
Groovy, Grails and Spring

2. JVM language statistics in IntelliJ IDEA
Groovy is the second most used JVM
language in IntelliJ IDEA

3. Web frameworks statistics in IntelliJ IDEA
Spring MVC and Grails are the mainstream
web frameworks in IntelliJ IDEA

4. SpringOne 2GX: Do you use IntelliJ IDEA?
IntelliJ IDEA is one of the primary IDEs for
Groovy, Grails and Spring development

5. SpringOne 2GX: Does your team use
different IDEs in one project? Which ones?
“Our company makes us use Eclipse...”
Be a rebel!

6. Why productivity?
● Productivity definition
● Two camps divide
● Language mavens vs Tool mavens?
● How to become a Tool maven?

7. One does not simply
BECOME A PRODUCTIVE
DEVELOPER IN ONE DAY

8. Mount Fuji
Learning curve

9. Mount Fuji
I’m a God with a plain editor!
You are here

10. Kay, give the kid a weapon
I’m a God with a plain editor!
You’ve just downloaded
IntelliJ IDEA
Mount Fuji

11. I just did my first refactoring. Wow!
I’m a God with a plain editor!
Mount Fuji

12. That’s what I call Smart completion!
I’m a God with a plain editor!
Mount Fuji

13. Oh my god, I can undo refactorings, too!
I’m a God with a plain editor!
Mount Fuji

14. How did I live without Syntax-aware
selection before?
I’m a God with a plain editor!
Beginner
Mount Fuji

15. Refactoring works even without any
selection!
I’m a God with a plain editor!
Beginner
Mount Fuji

16. I can create stuff without touching the
mouse
I’m a God with a plain editor!
Beginner
Mount Fuji

17. Did you know that you get more results if you
press code completion twice?
I’m a God with a plain editor!
Beginner
Mount Fuji

18. Why didn’t anyone tell me about the File
structure popup??
I’m a God with a plain editor!
Beginner
Mount Fuji

19. Did you see that? It shows recently edited
files!
I’m a God with a plain editor!
Beginner
Fan
Mount Fuji

20. Have you ever tried navigating between a
class and its test with just a shortcut?
I’m a God with a plain editor!
Beginner
Fan
Mount Fuji

21. Look, ma, no mouse!
I’m a God with a plain editor!
Beginner
Fan
Mount Fuji

22. Structural search and replace is what
makes you feel powerful
I’m a God with a plain editor!
Beginner
Fan
If you can keep it under
control!
Mount Fuji

23. I can do dependency and data flow
analysis
I’m a God with a plain editor!
Beginner
Fan
Jedi
Mount Fuji

24. The column selection mode makes me
feel like a ninja!
I’m a God with a plain editor!
Beginner
Fan
Jedi
Don't tell anyone it provides
code completion as well
Mount Fuji

25. I use IntelliJ IDEA’s early preview builds
for my work
I’m a God with a plain editor!
Beginner
Fan
Jedi
Mount Fuji

26. This is that feeling when you run
IntelliJ IDEA from inside IntelliJ IDEA
I have just forked IntelliJ IDEA on
GitHub
I’m a God with a plain editor!
Beginner
Fan
Jedi
Fellow
Mount Fuji

27. I have just fixed my first issue by
myself instead of reporting it
I’m a God with a plain editor!
Beginner
Fan
Jedi
Fellow
Hacker
Mount Fuji

28. Oh my god, there are two more features
didn’t know. Jesus!
I’m a God with a plain editor!
Beginner
Fan
Jedi
Fellow
Hacker
Master

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30. Why it’s worth to invest in [learning]
superior tools?
Time
Quality Money

31. Develop with Pleasure!
Thanks!