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Setting Up Development Environment

To set up your plugin development environment:

  • Check out the source code of IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition as described in Check Out And Build Community Edition.

  • Create a new IntelliJ IDEA SDK:

    Create IntelliJ IDEA SDK

  • Set IDEA jdk created in Check Out And Build Community Edition as the default Java SDK:

    Set IDEA JDK

  • Specify your installation folder of IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition as the home path.

    Note: You may use IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate as an alternative, but the debugging of core code will only work with the Community Edition.

  • In the Sourcepath tab of the SDK settings, click the Add button:

    Add Sourcepath

  • Specify the directory into which you have checked out the sources of the Community Edition:

    Specify Source Paths

  • Select File | New | Module and choose the IntelliJ Platform Plugin module type

    IntelliJ Platform Plugin Module

  • Enter your desired plugin name.

  • Go to File | Project Structure and select the newly created IntelliJ Platform SDK as the default SDK for the plugin module:

    Set Plugin Module SDK