8.8.8 - IntelliJ IDEA 8 Milestone 1 is Here

On the 8th August 2008 JetBrains releases IntelliJ IDEA 8 Milestone 1.

Though IntelliJ IDEA 8 is due out by the end of autumn 2008, you can already preview it and try some of the major new features. Milestone 1 greatly extends support for modern technologies, frameworks and languages. Smooth, fast and effective development is made possible thanks to IntelliJ IDEA’s famous productivity-boosting features and native support of every technology and language you need, all tied together in a robust, extensible IDE.

Here is just a brief list of the most outstanding features you can find in this release:

Improved performance JBoss Seam Integration JavaScript/FlexDebugger Spring 2.5 FreeMarker, Velocity, GWT 1.5 Great support for REST WebServices Struts 2 Multi-dialect SQL Console Reworked project configuration New automated refactorings Improved coding assistance Numerous new code inspections and more...

Read about the new features, download the fresh release to try them hands on, and give your feedback :)