IntelliJ Plugin Template

IntelliJ Plugin Template is a repository that provides a pure boilerplate for creating a plugin project with ease designed as a GitHub template repository (check the Creating a repository from a template article). The main goal for this Template is to speed up the setup phase of the plugin development for the new as well as existing developers by preconfiguring the project scaffold, CI and linking to the proper documentation pages as well as keeping everything in the most straightforward manner.

We can detail here the following parts:

• Gradle configuration
• Sample code:
  • listeners - project and dynamic plugin lifecycle
  • services - project- and application-related services
  • actions - basic action with shortcut binding
• Plugin Manifest file
• README Template
• CI based on GitHub actions
• Release and changelog maintenance flow

Getting started

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Gradle

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Sample Code

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Plugin Manifest File

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Continuous Integration

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Release Flow

Changelog

When delivering a new release, it is essential to let your audience know what the updated version offering is. The best way of handling that is to attach the changelog.

The changelog is a curated list containing information of any new features, fixes, deprecations. If provided, such list would be available in a couple of places: CHANGELOG.md file, Releases page, What's new section in Marketplace's Plugin page and inside of the Plugin Manager's item details. There are many different methods of handling the project's changelog. One of them, used in the current template project, is the Keep a Changelog approach.

Useful Links

• IntelliJ Platform SDK DevGuide
• IntelliJ SDK Code Samples
• JetBrains Platform Slack
• IntelliJ IDEA Open API and Plugin Development
• Keep a Changelog
• GitHub Actions