IntelliJ Idea in Action

549 Pages·2006·11.125 MB·English

by  Stephen Saunders, Duane K. Fields, Eugene Belayev

IntelliJ IDEA in Action

IntelliJ IDEA
in Action
DUANE K. FIELDS
STEPHEN SAUNDERS
EUGENE BELYAEV
WITH ARRON BATES
MANNING
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To my son Jake, who while too young to read this book,
will certainly enjoying coloring in it.
—D.F.

To my wife Michelle, whose support and understanding
never cease to astound me.
—S.S.

brief contents
1 ■ Getting started with IDEA 1
2 ■ Introducing the IDEA editor 22
3 ■ Using the IDEA editor 63
4 ■ Managing projects 107
5 ■ Building and running applications 142
6 ■ Debugging applications 185
7 ■ Testing applications with JUnit 231
8 ■ Using version control 254
9 ■ Analyzing and refactoring applications 295
10 ■ Developing Swing applications 341
11 ■ Developing J2EE applications 370
12 ■ Customizing IDEA 425
13 ■ Extending IDEA 461
Appendix ■ Getting help with IDEA 481
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contents
preface xix
acknowledgments xxi
about this book xxiii
1 Getting started with IDEA 1
1.1 Installing and running IDEA 2
Downloading the latest version 2 ■ Installing IDEA 4
Running IDEA for the first time 6
1.2 Reviewing the IDEA interface 7
The main IDEA workspace 7 ■ The main menu bar 8
The IDEA toolbar 8 ■ The source code editor 9
The tool windows 9
1.3 Implementing “Hello, World” 10
Creating a project 10 ■ Making a Java class 15
Building the project 17 ■ Running the project 17
1.4 The plot thickens 19
Welcome to ACME Incorporated 19
Starting the ACME project 19
1.5 Summary 20
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