Useful IntelliJ Plugins to Boost Development Efficiency

Below are several IntelliJ IDEA plugins that the author has found useful for improving development efficiency.

1. .ignore

URL: https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/7495--ignore

Generates various ignore files and provides one‑click templates for .gitignore, saving the effort of writing them manually.

2. Lombok

URL: https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/6317-lombok-plugin

Supports Lombok annotations, eliminating the need to write getters/setters manually and allowing de‑compilation of annotated code back to plain Java.

3. p3c

URL: https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/10046-alibaba-java-coding-guidelines

Alibaba’s Java coding guidelines plugin that scans the whole project for non‑conforming code and can automatically fix many issues. More details at https://github.com/alibaba/p3c/tree/master/idea-plugin .

4. FindBugs‑IDEA

URL: https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/3847-findbugs-idea

Detects possible bugs and code style problems, offering more detection modes than p3c. Running it after coding helps catch low‑level bugs in legacy code.

5. GsonFormat

URL: https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/7654-gsonformat

Generates Java classes from JSON text with a single click, making data‑binding tasks very convenient.

6. Maven Helper

URL: https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/7179-maven-helper

Provides one‑click view of Maven dependencies, highlights conflicts, and allows easy exclusion of unwanted artifacts—especially useful for large projects.

7. VisualVM Launcher

URL: https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/7115-visualvm-launcher

Launches VisualVM automatically when running a Java program, enabling quick inspection of JVM memory usage, object allocation, and other performance metrics.

8. GenerateAllSetter

URL: https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/9360-generateallsetter

One‑click generation of setter calls for all fields of an object, assigning default values—handy when a class has many attributes.

9. MyBatisCodeHelperPro

URL: https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/9837-mybatiscodehelperpro

Automatically generates MyBatis code for most single‑table operations, reducing repetitive work and greatly improving efficiency.

Additional Recommended Plugins

1. Rainbow Brackets

URL: https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/10080-rainbow-brackets

Colors matching brackets in a rainbow scheme, making code easier to read and improving coding speed.

2. Translation

URL: https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/8579-translation

A powerful translation plugin with an attractive interface, considered one of the best for translating text within the IDE.

All these plugins can be searched for and installed directly from the IntelliJ Plugin Marketplace, or downloaded via the provided links.

For detailed installation instructions of the p3c plugin, see https://github.com/alibaba/p3c/tree/master/idea-plugin .

Feel free to leave comments with other plugin recommendations.