IntelliJ IDEA Newbie.

Question

I'm working on a Scala project and got tired of struggling with Eclipse. It became very slow and crashed from time to time (Don't know if that is the case with everyone?). Anyway, an old post (also this one and this other) convinced me to try IntelliJ IDEA and it has been a pleasant change. The two IDE are not too different, but I will need some time to get used to IntelliJ; the problem is that I don't have that time. I wonder if some of you went through this face and can point me towards some tutorials or short guides (Or want to share your wisdom if you feel like it).

I'm looking for tutorials targeted at programmers with some experience (e.g. in Eclipse) teaching the basic, worth knowing, differences. Preferably, it should be practical (more than technical), short and simple. If you have other good source, please do sheare with the apropriate note.

Also, to make it easier for me and the community, you might want to share the main points of the link and why you think it's worth reading.

Thanks,

Answer 1

I will beggin by sharing what I'v seen so far:

1. JetBrains: introduction_to_community_edition
   VERY BASIC video to learn how to use IntelliJ. But definetly worth skimming through (this is where I sterted!)

2. Refcardz: Free Cheat Sheets for Developers
   A great 7 pages cheat sheet with the very basics of IntelliJ. Includes lists of basic shortkeys and some "hot tips". Content:
   -About IntelliJ IDEA
   -Getting Yourself Oriented
   -Finding What You Need
   -Running and Debugging Your Projects
   -Write Less Code
   -Hot Tips and more...

3. "SO post: What are the most useful Intellij IDEA keyboard shortcuts?"
   The top answer has the main shortcuts with explanations.

4. Coding Matters: Misc IntelliJ tips
   As the title says, it's miscellaneous but I do recomend the part Text where he shows some very interesting features about the clipboard. Content:

   -Debug
   -Bookmarks
   -Tabs
   -Text (features about the clipboard)
   -Other