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October 15, 2007 | Comments: (0)

JetBrains adds to Java IDE

TAGS: Application development

JetBrains is offering an upgrade to its Java IDE, IntelliJ Idea 7.0, featuring Web development tools and backing for the Ruby language.

Included are tools for developing complex Web applications, with Web services and dynamic language support. Advanced JavaScript capabilities with basic Flex support will be accompanied with plugins for Ruby/JRuby and Groovy development within a few weeks.

Version 7.0 has new factorings and about 50 new code inspections and bug fixes. A new debugger UI, visual Structure Dependency Matrix and enhanced usability and performance are featured as well.

With so many new features being added, a JetBrains official said the company pondered which ones should be considered the major highlights.

"When we were preparing our press release, this was actually a challenge for us, to determine the main highlights," said Ann Oreshnikova, marketing director at JetBrains.

Also featured is support for Hibernate object persistence technology and the Spring Framework, including aspect-oriented programming.

Improved support for a host of technologies is featured also, including:

* Java Persistence API (JPA).
* EJB (Enterprise JavaBeans).
* JSP (JavaServer Pages).
* HTML.
* CSS Cascading Style Sheets.
* XML.

Version 7.0 integrates with the Maven software project management tool. Unified version control systems support has been extended to Rational ClearCase.

IntelliJ Idea 7.0 costs $499 for a commercial license.

Posted by Paul Krill on October 15, 2007 08:12 AM

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