IntelliJ

Installation

Installation of versions is done through the JetBrains Toolbox, which is installed with winget:

winget install JetBrains.Toolbox

Then, from JetBrains Toolbox, IntelliJ IDEA should be installed and managed.

JRE/JDK configuration

Danger

IntelliJ on WSL is not really working yet as expected. The IDE hangs if maven/java is used from WSL and thus the one from Windows should be used.

The JRE/JDK and tooling (maven, gradle, etc.) should NOT be located on the WSL system. See Java tool setup for more information on how to setup them on Windows.

Node configuration

After having installed nodejs, we need to provide to maven the path to its installation in case that we use a project that might use npm (i.e., spotless):

• Go to Settings -> Build, Execution, Deployment —> Build Tools —> Maven —> Runner
• Add a new property: npm.exec and set to %APPDATA%\fnm\node-versions\v20.10.0\installation (note that the version might differ between projects)

Sources

It is recommended to import/create the source code for IntelliJ on the Windows filesystem, as I/O operations are slow if they are done through WSL from the Windows application.

Sources can also be located on WSL if I/O is not a problem, but should be imported/created on the mapped network drive. Otherwise, IntelliJ will try to use the support for WSL and will hang.

Appearance

• Editor -> Font: Use Fira Code Nerd Font and Mark Enable Ligatures

Plug-ins

• Docker
• Codeium
• Lombok