JetBrains Plugin Developer Conf 2024

Ivan Chirkov, Team Lead for JetBrains Marketplace, will kick off the conference with an overview of the current state of Marketplace and the team’s plans for it. He’ll be joined by JetBrains experts to showcase essential tools for plugin development. They will offer insights into version 2.0 of the IntelliJ Platform Gradle Plugin, highlighting the latest updates and their impact on plugin development. They will also cover the technology behind YouTrack apps, along with a guide to building your first one.

Gain insights into the Language Server Protocol (LSP) and its capabilities while exploring the implementation journey of the Contextive plugin, designed to document and utilize domain terminology within codebases. This session will highlight the challenges faced and offer practical tips for aspiring LSP developers. With LSP support now integrated into the IntelliJ-based IDEs, developers will be well-prepared to launch their own versions in JetBrains Marketplace.

Discover the inspiring story behind the Laravel Idea plugin, the most downloaded paid plugin on Marketplace, and how it evolved into a full-time venture. The talk will highlight its standout features and the plans for its future, along with insights into the collaboration with the PhpStorm team that has supported its promotion.

Learn how a hackathon project at Ray Sono became a successful Magnolia CMS plugin for the IntelliJ Platform. This session will explore the journey from development – including plugin setup, Magnolia schema autocompletion, and custom YAML navigation – to launch on JetBrains Marketplace. Discover how it streamlined workflows, created a new revenue stream, and earned Magnolia CMS's support, and get insights about turning innovative ideas into practical solutions.

The IntelliJ Platform's integration testing framework is now publicly available for all plugin developers. This robust framework, used internally for performance, functional, and UI tests, is now accessible to help streamline and enhance your plugin testing experience. Join this talk to learn how to leverage it effectively.

This talk covers how to implement localization in JetBrains plugins. While JetBrains IDEs are available in Simplified Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, most plugins remain English-only. Joachim will demonstrate how to easily localize different plugin elements like messages, settings, inspections, and file templates. The session will also provide tips on localizing plugin descriptions for Marketplace, websites, or handbooks.

In this talk, we’ll dive into strategies for enhancing JetBrains IDE features without relying on full indexing. Learn how techniques like dumb mode index access, on-demand indexing, and lightweight heuristics can boost plugin performance and streamline your development process, all while maintaining robust coding assistance.

MongoDB, one of the leading NoSQL databases, has teamed up with the JetBrains DataGrip team to create a new plugin for the IntelliJ Platform. In this talk, the MongoDB team will dive into their motivation for developing the plugin, take you behind the scenes of the development process, and share some of the challenges they've faced along the way.

In this talk, Daniel Moran will delve into strategies for effectively managing user feedback while developing a plugin for the JetBrains ecosystem. Focusing on the GitHub Actions Manager plugin, the session will cover best practices for addressing feature requests, handling bug reports, navigating diverse communication styles, and fostering user engagement. Learn how to turn user input into valuable improvements while maintaining a productive dialogue with your user base.