You have probably used or at least heard of Microsoft’s GitHub Copilot as a software developer. In that case, I am curious about the amenities in the distant cave you must have been vacationing in for over a year.

I will check in class that your installation of IntelliJ IDEA loads in no more than 10 seconds.Suppose you’re a software developer that hasn’t heard of Microsoft’s GitHub Copilot.

To be completed by the time and date indicated on the Schedule page. Please see MacOS Keyboard Configuration for IntelliJ for details. Unfortunately, you need to do a little customization on a Mac to get all of the keyboard shortcuts working as advertised. If, after following the above instructions, IntelliJ loads too slowly, you can consult IntelliJ diagnose startup delays for ideas on how to proceed. It is very important to make sure that your IDE loads in less than 10 seconds, otherwise you will be tempted to use a different editor for “simple” tasks. It should take less than 10 seconds (on my Mac, it takes 5 seconds). Verify startup time < 10 secondsĪfter configuration, quit IDEA, then time how long it takes for it to start up on your platform.

Check “Show soft wrap indicators for current line only”Ĭlick OK to save your changes.

Add a single “*” to the associated text field to specify that all files should be soft wrapped.

To enable this, under Preferences > Editor > General, scroll to the “Soft wraps” section, and then: “Soft wrap” allows you to resize your screen and still see all text, and eliminates the need for horizontal scrolling. You will now have a new code style called ics-se-code-style that conforms to our class code style conventions.

Under Preferences > Editor > Code Style, click the “Manage” button, then “Import”, then select IntelliJ IDEA code style XML, then select the ics-se-code-style.xml file from your local file space and import it. Load the ICS SE Code Style preferencesĭownload the class code style preferences file from ics-se-code-style.xml. Keep your IntelliJ installation minimal! 4. If you have additional plugins enabled, that isn’t necessarily bad, but it does mean your startup time will be slower without any real gain for this class. The only capabilities you need enabled are: Configuring IntelliJ for this class is mostly a matter of reducing the number of plugins that are loaded at startup in order to make sure IntelliJ comes up fast.

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