Learning Resources
Articles
WebStorm Under the Hood: How We Added Astro Support to Our IDE 07/2023
Themes in IntelliJ-based IDEs 10/2021
Revamping Plugins
The Revamping Plugins series is about sharing the experience of updating outdated plugins to align with the latest IntelliJ Platform SDK guidelines.
Building a Plugin for WebStorm
A tutorial blog post series for JavaScript developers.
Webinars
Webinar | Info |
|---|---|
Plugin Verifier and API Compatibility Maintenance Róbert Novotný, 05/2025 | Using Plugin Verifier during development and on JetBrains Marketplace |
Essential Tools for JetBrains IDE Plugin Development Yann Cebron/Jakub Chrzanowski, 03/2025 | Essential utilities that streamline plugin development for JetBrains IDEs |
JetBrains Plugin Developer Conf 2024 Various speakers, 11/2024 | Playlist with various talks about plugin development |
Migrating Kotlin Plugins to K2 Mode Anna Kozlova/Anton Arhipov/Dmitrii Gridin, 10/2024 | Using Analysis API with the new default K2 mode |
How To Build a Plugin for JetBrains IDEs (Analog.js Example) Piotr Tomiak & guests, 02/2024 | Walking you through the first steps of building a community plugin for Analog.js |
Busy Plugin Developers #7 Natalia Melnikova, 11/2023 | How to Upload a Plugin and Get It Approved on JetBrains Marketplace |
Busy Plugin Developers #6 Dmitry Tseyler, 05/2023 | Polaris plugin for IntelliJ Platform code search (no longer available) |
Busy Plugin Developers #5 Matthias Koch, 09/2022 | Building Extensions for Rider and ReSharper |
Busy Plugin Developers #4 Dmitry Kandalov/Yann Cebron, 04/2022 | Adding IDE Features at runtime using LivePlugin |
Busy Plugin Developers #3 Jakub Chrzanowski/Anna Maltceva/Yann Cebron, 11/2021 | Building Themes for IntelliJ-based IDEs Latest updates to JetBrains Marketplace |
Busy Plugin Developers #2 Anna Maltceva/Łukasz Wawrzyk/Jakub Chrzanowski, 09/2021 | How to improve your Marketplace plugin page to attract more users ide-probe, a testing and benchmarking framework for IntelliJ-based IDEs |
Busy Plugin Developers #1 Jakub Chrzanowski/Semyon Atamas/Paweł Lipski, 07/2021 | What is Gradle IntelliJ Plugin New features of Gradle IntelliJ Plugin How to start with Gradle IntelliJ Plugin Types of signing and how they work How JetBrains Marketplace signature works How to sign your plugin Tools and tips for testing UI of IntelliJ Plugins |
Make IntelliJ IDEA Your Own Sirisha Pratha, 05/2021 | In this session, we'll explore the benefits provided by IntelliJ IDEA's customization options, and you will learn how to make the IDE your own. We will also look at the plugins available on the JetBrains Marketplace, discuss the process of developing them, and demo a few custom ones. |
IntelliJ IDEA Conf 2021 Various Speakers, 02/2021 | Playlist includes a number of presentations related to plugin development |
Busy Plugin Developers #0 Mikhail Vink/Jakub Chrzanowski/Yann Cebron, 12/2020 | IntelliJ Platform Plugin Template Plugin DevKit Features IntelliJ Platform Explorer What's coming in 2021? Introduction to the Marketplace How to make your plugin successful? Sell on the Marketplace |
How We Built Comma, the Raku IDE, on the IntelliJ Platform Jonathan Worthington, 01/2020 | How to build custom language support How to go from a language support plugin to an IDE Lessons Learned |
Building IntelliJ IDEA plugins in Scala Igal Tabachnik, 2020 | In this talk, I will show how to create plugins for IDEA from scratch in Scala, and show why Scala's unique features make it a great fit for such tasks as inspecting and manipulating Abstract Syntax Trees (ASTs) to create your own custom suggestions and quick fixes. |
Live Development of a PyCharm Plugin Joachim Ansorg, 2019 | Background and architecture of IntelliJ plugins Development using tests Implementing interesting extension points Viewing the plugin in the IDE (PyCharm) |
Build Developer Tools On Top of IntelliJ Platform Dmitry Jemerov, 2013 | This webinar makes an overview on IntelliJ Platform and explains how you can use it for building your own products. |