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In-Depth Information
Figure A.3
Your personal Productivity
Guide in IDEA is available
from the Help menu.
other times when you typically only see a progress bar. You can access general sta-
tistics about used and missed features by calling the
Help | Productivity Guide
command to open a dialog like the one shown in figure A.3. Here you can easily
discover features that you have been missing—features that could increase your
productivity dramatically.
A.2 Seeking help through online resources
Several good sources of information on
IDEA
are available online. JetBrains man-
ages three
IDEA
web sites that you may want to visit:
www.jetbrains.com
—The official home of
IDEA
provides product informa-
tion, updates, and other information. This site includes articles and other
useful tips on running
IDEA
.
■
www.intellij.net
—The IntelliJ network site, run by the folks at JetBrains,
includes discussion forums, feature request forms, and more. The forums
can be a useful source of tips and tricks, as well as a place you can get your
questions answered. From time to time, JetBrains makes beta copies of new
versions of
IDEA
available here for testing by the user community.
■
www.intellij.org
—JetBrains' community site features downloadable plug-
ins, developer information, and other goodies. The dozens of plug-ins on
this site can add all sorts of new features to
IDEA
.
■
IDEA
maintains an ever-growing collection of articles, tutorials, and other docu-
mentation on its website, which you can access from within
IDEA
by executing the
Help | Online Documentation
command.
