This settings JAR file can be imported into any of the Jetbrains based IDEs -- IntelliJ, WebStorm, Android Studio, etc -- that will provide new menu entries to call IDT actions from directly within the IDE.
Notice: This helper is provided "as-is". IBM does not explicitly endorse, nor support 3rd party products. Although, we will attempt to answer questions through our Slack channel, because we want you to succeed and be happy.
Note: You must have previously installed the IBM Developer Tools CLI.
- Download the idt-jetbrains-settings.jar file
- Note: Do NOT click the jar file in the project files list list above to download. This will not work. Use the link shown in this step.
- Open your preferred Jetbrains IDE
- Select
File>Import Settings, then locate and pick the downloaded idt-jetbrains-settings.jar file.
Once complete, there will be a new "IBM Cloud Developer Tools" entry under the following menus:
- Main "Tools" menu
- Editor context (right-click) menu
- Project context menu
- Search results
You can either start with an existing server-side app, and Enable it for the IBM Cloud, or use the IDT CLI to Create a new app from a StarterKit (bx dev create). Once you have your app's project, open it in your JetBrains IDE.
If you have a generic server-side app, select Tools > IBM Cloud Developer Tools > Enable app for IBM Cloud. This will check for, and add all required files to enable you to build the app locally, as well as deploy it to IBM Cloud using either as a Cloud Foundry app, or within a Kubernetes cluster.
Develop your cloud native app as normal, using the basic build/run/deploy actions from the IDT menu. If you need to perform actions that are not in the menu, simply open the Terminal tab and enter the desired commands manually.
For more information, see the IBM Cloud Developer Tools documentation.
If you wish to remove the IBM Developer Tools CLI helper, simply go into Preferences > Tools > External Tools, and then select and delete (minus sign) each entry under the "IBM Cloud Developer Tools" group. The group itself is removed once the final entry is deleted.
We can be reached in the following ways. We encourage and welcome all feedback and suggestions
- IBM Cloud Tech Slack: Find us on the
#developer-toolschannel - IBM Cloud Developer Tools GitHub repo: Use to file any issues specific to this Jetbrains helper