History of IntelliJ IDEA

The first version of IntelliJ IDEA was released in January, 2001. It was first Java IDE which has advanced code navigation and code refactoring capabilities. In 2010, it was voted as the best programming tool available for Java.

In 2014, Google released an open source IDE for Android which is also based on IntelliJ IDEA.

Comparison between Community and Ultimate Edition

Comparison Index	Community Edition	Ultimate Edition
License	Open-Source and free	Commercial
Language Support	Java, Kotlin, Groovy, Scala, Perl, Python, XML, Go	HTML, XHTML, CSS, Java, php, Python, Kotlin, Perl, Scala, Go, SQL, Ruby, JavaScript, Groovy etc.
Technology & Frameworks Support	Android, Ant, JavaFX, Junit, TestingNG, Gradle	Android, Ant, JavaFX, Junit, TestingNG, Gradle, Node.js, Spring, Struts, EjB, Django, OSGi etc.
Detecting Duplicate	Supported	Not Supported
Software Versioning and Revision Control	CVS, Git, GitHub	ClearCase, Perforce, CVS, Git, GitHub
Deployment	Docker, Docker Compose ( via a plugin)	Docker, Docker Compose ( via a plugin), Tomcat, Glassfish, Jboss, WebLogic, Jetty, Virgo etc.

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History of IntelliJ IDEA