Getting to Know IntelliJ IDEA • Trisha Gee & Helen Scott

This interview was recorded for the GOTO Book Club. gotopia.tech/bookclub (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 (https://trishagee.com) - Lead Developer Evangelist at Gradle, Java Champion & Co-Author of "Getting to Know IntelliJ IDEA" Helen Scott (https://www.helenjoscott.com) - Developer Advocate at JetBrains & Co-Author of "Getting to Know IntelliJ IDEA" BLOG POSTS helenjoscott.com (https://www.helenjoscott.com/2022/11/12/getting-to-know-intellij-idea-book) trishagee.com (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 (https://www.jetbrains.com/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 (https://leanpub.com/gettingtoknowIntelliJIDEA) 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) " RECOMMENDED BOOKS Trisha Gee • 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 Architectu (https://amzn.to/3QeMgjR) Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/gotocon.com) Twitter (https://twitter.com/GOTOcon) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/goto_con) LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/goto-) Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/GOTOConferences) CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP BONUS Join this channel to get early access to videos & other perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs_tLP3AiwYKwdUHpltJPuA/join Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket: gotopia.tech (https://gotopia.tech) SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL (https://www.youtube.com/user/GotoConferences/?sub_confirmation=1) - new videos posted daily!