Released: Dec 14, 2012

Updates in this release

Updates in V12

• New Compiler - Brings enhanced performance and better user experience through faster incremental builds and lower memory requirements.
• Fresh Look and Feel - IntelliJ IDEA 12 comes with a fresh look and feel and Darcula, a new dark UI theme for the IDE and the editor.
• Java 8 - Full IDE support with code assistance, lambda expressions, method references and default methods.
• Spring Ultimate - Performance enhancements and code assistance for more Spring frameworks such as Web Flow, Integration, MVC, Security and Batch.
• Play 2.0 Ultimate - Support for Play 2.0 added, with advanced code assistance, templates support, formatter and several refactorings.
• Better Performance - Faster project indexing and better responsiveness.
• Android UI Designer - A full-featured UI Designer is available for building advanced layouts for Android mobile devices.