Eclipse IDE was used in the JavaRebel installation and demo screencast. We have got requests on how to integrate JavaRebel with IntelliJ IDEA. Of course JavaRebel is IDE independent and it all comes down to the users choice. In this quick tutorial we will outline the settings that you should enable to take the most out of JavaRebel & Intellij IDEA.We will be using the latest stable version 6.0.6.

Currently it is not possible to debug applications from IntelliJ Idea that are using JavaRebel. The issue has been reported to JetBrains.. To debug applications running under JavaRebel using IntelliJ IDEA use the special plugin. It can be downloaded from the IntelliJ Plugin page or from the IntelliJ IDEA plugin manager.

Use the following tips increase your productivity.

• Develop in exploded mode
  • Make sure that you don’t package modules as war/jar files
  • Set the output directory to the respected WEB-INF/classes
  • This is done via Module Settings -> Output and JavaDoc -> Output path
• Turn off application deployment
  • Settings -> Project Settings -> Compiler -> Deploy web applications to server after compilation
• Ease the compilation process
  • IDEA saves files when you compile them.
  • Make sure all dependent files are also compiled.
    • Settings -> Project Setting -> Compiler -> Honor dependencies on “Compile” command
  • Start using the default compile shortcut Ctrl-Shift-f9 or map it to ctrl-s.

Opening Module Settings

Setting Output Paths

Compiler Settings

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