Download - http://www.jetbrains.net/confluence/display/IDEADEV/Diana+EAP

I Love IntelliJ IDEA, and every one of my friends already know that

The 5 and 6 versions are a little slow(specially the 6) but I was in love, and when you are in love… in Colombia we have a proverb “When you love the dog, you also love the stink“ and, of course, is better than work in Eclipse(sorry!!).

But the 7 version was a really good IDE, very quick and stable, and a Wonderful Spring Support(without talk about JSP, HTML, JavaScript, Groovy… ad infinitum), by far the best IDEA Version, or in other words, “The Best IDE in the world”.

But I have a feeling of sadness was in my soul, and a question in my mind, How could be the next version, if IntelliJ IDEA 7 are so good??

Well my question was answering this morning

Diana First EAP Release Notes

* Changes in Plugin API: I must have to change IntelliStripes, but the good news are that the changes are for better language support, so you can expect some very good language plugins for example: Scala, Jython and others

* Seam Support: I don't work with Seam and I don't have plans to do that in the near future, but any improvement is welcomed, and a Collateral Effect: Jetbrains always release this supports with Apache License 2.0, so I can read the whole code and see how to improve IntelliStripes, [mode type="Evil Laughter"]JAJAJAJAJAJA!!!![/mode]

* Free Maker Support: The same as Seam Support, but some Stripes Friends use Free Maker instead of JSP, so is welcomed

* JavaScript Debugging: I already made this with FireBug, but the IDEA Interface is better

* SQL Support!!!!!!!: WOW, thats very good, (I'm not a ORM Fan boy , I'm Still in love with POSQ (Plain Old SQL Query) (WOW, maybe I create a Buzzword!!!!) ) even when you have already good plugins like "SQL Query Plugin" is better if the Support come from Jetbrains

* Flex Support: Same as Sean, but IntelliJ IDEA 7 also have support, I like more Laszlo

* Per File Encoding Support; A must have when you have a team with Multiple OS

* "Unwrap/Remove" action (delete enclosing statement): Maybe I need, maybe not, but is welcomed

* Struts 2: Now the plugin is bundled with IntelliJ [mode type="Revengeful Warrior"]Some Day, Some Day IntelliStripes will be bundled, JAJAJAJA, and my Mom will loves me [/mode]

* And many others!!!!!   [via jroller]

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We’re glad to announce the availability of IntelliJ IDEA 8.0 first EAP.

Some of the IntelliJ IDEA 8.0 features are now available for the first preview:

* Flex debugger
* Improved Flex code editor, with new inspections
* JavaScript debugger
* JBoss seam support, with coding assistance and dedicated visual tools
* Support for various SQL dialects, with coding assistance and injection
* Numerous other enhancements and new features

Download the fresh build and give a try right now.
For the complete list of the new features and improvements, check Release Notes

Enjoy! And develop with pleasure!   [via jetbrains]