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12 Amazing IntelliJ IDEA Features You Never Knew Existed
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Welcome, fellow developers, to my latest article. Today, I’ll be uncovering some lesser-known but powerful features in Intellij IDEA that can significantly enhance your daily workflow.
Let’s not spoil the moment and dive straight into these true hidden gem features.
Feature #1: How to Migrate from Javax to Jakarta?
As you may know, when you upgrade certain dependencies, packages that starts with javax replaced by jakarta. You can read more about the reasoning behind this decision from here.
If you are dealing with small project, this transition is fairly straightforward. However, for large and complex codebases, it becomes cumbersome. Replacing these imports manually is both risky and tedious.
As I mentioned in one of my previous articles, there are two main approaches to migrate from javax to jakarta: using Shell script or leveraging Intellij IDEA.
For the purpose of this article, I’ll show you how to easily handle this in IntelliJ IDEA:
- Click the Hamburger menu at the top left corner of your project.
