Getting to Know IntelliJ IDEA • Trisha Gee & Helen Scott • GOTO 2023

This interview was recorded for the GOTO Book Club. #GOTOcon #GOTObookclub http://gotopia.tech/bookclub Read the full transcription of the interview here: https://gotopia.tech/bookclub/episodes/216/getting-to-know-intellij-idea Trisha Gee - Lead Developer Evangelist at Gradle, Java Champion & Co-Author of "Getting to Know IntelliJ IDEA" @TrishaGee Helen Scott - Developer Advocate at JetBrains & Co-Author of "Getting to Know IntelliJ IDEA" @HelenJoScott BLOG POSTS https://www.helenjoscott.com/2022/11/12/getting-to-know-intellij-idea-book https://trishagee.com/2022/12/01/writing-a-book-is-hard DESCRIPTION We’re frequently taught to use a text editor when we’re learning to write code so that we understand the fundamentals. However, if we treat our IDE as a text editor, we are doing ourselves a disservice. As professional developers, we no longer need to learn the fundamentals; we need to deliver working applications. We can use the features of an IDE to help us with this. IntelliJ IDEA is an extremely fully-featured IDE that can help professional developers with almost any task they need to perform, and this can be overwhelming to get to grips with. Getting to Know IntelliJ IDEA uses two approaches to help newcomers and experienced users alike: • Tutorials that walk through writing code and developing applications that show when, why and how to use IntelliJ IDEA features to create working applications. • A questions-and-answers approach that demonstrates which features can be used to solve the problems that professional developers face. Seeing how to use IntelliJ IDEA from these different angles not only showcases the most useful features but also teaches multiple approaches for using these features. No matter which technologies you use or how you like to work, reading this book will help you find an approach that enables you to work comfortably and productively with IntelliJ IDEA. * Book description: © leanpub.com: https://leanpub.com/gettingtoknowIntelliJIDEA The interview is based on Trisha's & Helen's co-authored book "Getting to Know IntelliJ IDEA": https://leanpub.com/gettingtoknowIntelliJIDEA TIMECODES 00:00 Intro 01:00 Why a book on IntelliJ IDEA? 10:27 Helen Hints & Trisha Tips 14:43 Favorite chapters in the book 20:49 Different experience levels 25:32 What did you learn about the IDE? 36:38 Challenges when writing & self-publishing the book 41:20 Outro RECOMMENDED BOOKS Trisha Gee & Helen Scott • Getting to Know IntelliJ IDEA • https://amzn.to/3ZBgnGc Trisha Gee, Kathy Sierra & Bert Bates • Head First Java • https://amzn.to/3k59BJ6 Kevlin Henney & Trisha Gee • 97 Things Every Java Programmer Should Know • https://amzn.to/3kiTwJJ Michael Nygard • Release It! 2nd Edition • https://amzn.to/3WJeKV8 Aditya Y. Bhargava • Grokking Algorithms • https://amzn.to/3VstZRr Ford, Richards, Sadalage & Dehghani • Software Architecture: The Hard Parts • https://amzn.to/3QeMgjR https://twitter.com/GOTOcon https://www.linkedin.com/company/goto- https://www.facebook.com/GOTOConferences #SoftwareEngineering #IntelliJ #IntelliJIDEA #IDE #JetBrains #RunConfiguration #Debugger #ComputerScience #TrishaGee #HelenScott #Programming Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket at https://gotopia.tech SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL - new videos posted almost daily. https://www.youtube.com/user/GotoConferences/?sub_confirmation=1