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 title: Creating Your First Plugin
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-This documentation section will help you get started with developing plugins for the *IntelliJ Platform*. You can use either [IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition](https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/download/) or [IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate](https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/download/) as your IDE.  Both include the complete set of plugin development tools. To become more familiar with *IntelliJ IDEA*, please refer to the [IntelliJ IDEA Web Help](https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/help/).
+This documentation section will help you get started with developing plugins for the *IntelliJ Platform*. You can use either [IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition](https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/download/) or [IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate](https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/download/) as your IDE (it is highly recommended to use the latest available version).  Both include the complete set of plugin development tools. To become more familiar with *IntelliJ IDEA*, please refer to the [IntelliJ IDEA Web Help](https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/help/).
 
 There are two possible workflows for building plugins. The recommended workflow for new projects is
 to [use Gradle](#using-gradle). The old [Plugin DevKit](#using-devkit) workflow still supports existing projects.