IntelliJ IDEA and Jenkins build connectors

IntelliJ IDEA, developed by JetBrains, is another very popular Integrated Development Environment, and, similar to Eclipse, it also has a large number of add-ons and plugins that are available to extend its use and functionality.

In this section, we will take a quick look at installing and configuring the Jenkins Control Plugin for IntelliJ IDEA, and we will configure it to provide a functionality similar to that provided by Mylyn under Eclipse.

Installing plugins in IntelliJ is very easy—open the Preferences menu item, then select Plugins on the left-hand side menu. The Jenkins Control plugin is not currently bundled with the IDE, so click on the Browse repositories… button as shown in the following screenshot: ...

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