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Maintaining the IntelliJ “Save Actions” Plugin: A Community Effort to Keep Development Tools Up to Date

Wed, 12 Nov 2025 12:00:01 +0000

For many developers working with IntelliJ IDEA, the “Save Actions” plugin has long been a trusted companion for maintaining consistent and clean codebases. By automatically performing configurable actions on file save—such as optimizing imports, reformatting code, rearranging members, or applying small quick fixes—the plugin helps ensure that projects stay uniform across entire teams.

After the original development of “Save Actions” came to a halt several years ago, the plugin risked falling out of compatibility with newer IntelliJ versions. To prevent this, XDEV Software stepped in as the dedicated maintainer and continues to provide updates and maintenance releases through the JetBrains Marketplace. The goal has remained simple: to keep the plugin functional, compatible, and stable for the growing developer community that relies on it.

Unleashing the Power of Maven Archetypes

Fri, 05 Sep 2025 07:00:03 +0000

Creating new projects from scratch is a common task in today’s world. Often, this involves manually setting up folders and files or using tools like Spring Initializr, Micronaut Launch, Eclipse Starter for Jakarta EE, Quarkus Starter, or IntelliJ to streamline the initial setup. But what if there was a way to automate and standardise these tasks, taking your project setup to the next level?

While these tools are excellent for generating a basic “Hello World” application, they often fall short when it comes to adding project-specific configurations and components that are standard within your organisation. As a result, you might find yourself spending time in a tedious and error-prone process such as copy-pasting parts of similar applications, renaming files, and replacing variables.

Japo: The Ultimate Search Engine for Java Annotations

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 07:00:01 +0000

In the evolving landscape of Java development, annotations play a critical role in simplifying code, enhancing readability, and enabling powerful framework capabilities. Yet, finding detailed, accurate, and consolidated information about Java annotations has long been a challenge for developers. JAPO (Java Annotations Repo) is the game-changing solution addressing this gap. Offering a feature-rich search engine, JAPO enables Java developers to explore annotations, Maven artifacts, and much more with unparalleled ease.