PRAGUE, Czech Republic, October 17 /PRNewswire/ --

- IntelliJ IDEA 7.0 Delivers Full-Blown Spring and Hibernate
Support, Web Services, Maven and ClearCase Integration, Ruby & Groovy
Support, Impressive Performance Improvements, and More Productivity Features

JetBrains(R), creators of intelligent, productivity-enhancing tools for
software developers, have announced the availability of IntelliJ(R) IDEA 7.0,
the next generation of its award-winning Java IDE (integrated development
environment).

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In this release JetBrains answer the needs of many existing and new users
by providing efficient support for the most in-demand tools and technologies
of today.

With its superior Hibernate and Spring (including AOP) integration,
improved support for JPA, EJB, JSP, HTML, CSS, and XML, IntelliJ IDEA 7.0
takes Java EE application development to a whole new level of productivity.

Version 7.0 also features tools for developing complex Web applications,
with highly anticipated Web services support and dynamic languages
extensions. The more advanced JavaScript (with basic Flex) support provided
in the release will be accompanied in the coming weeks with in-house
Ruby/JRuby and Groovy development plugins. Even in their Beta stage, these
plugins have already gained unprecedented popularity, so they promise to take
the dynamic languages development support to an entirely new level.

"Besides introducing support for many new technologies, we specifically
focused our efforts on further upgrading performance, usability, and user
experience," said Sergey Dmitriev, JetBrains CEO. "As many of our users have
attested, attention to details is what sets IntelliJ IDEA apart from other
IDEs. It should come as no surprise that in this release we once again made
significant progress in that area."

Greater level of team members' cooperation is now supported by tight and
transparent Maven integration. Working in mixed teams is made easier through
the newly introduced interoperability with Eclipse projects. The unified
Version Control systems support, with new innovative change management
features, has been extended with the Rational ClearCase integration and many
other important enhancements.

The new project structure organization ensures easy and intuitive project
configuration - a great asset when setting up complex Enterprise
Applications.

A completely new debugger UI, innovative visual Dependency Structure
Matrix (DSM), top-notch performance, and enhanced usability are also worth
mentioning.

Being traditionally focused on developers' productivity, IntelliJ IDEA
continues adding numerous productivity-boosting features and enhancements to
make everyday development a real pleasure, including:

- Many new refactorings, including a long list of refactorings for XML

- Around 50 new code inspections and quick-fixes

- Better TeamCity integration, with a dedicated tool window for reviewing
inspections and duplicates reports right from the IDE, etc

- And much more...

To learn more about IntelliJ IDEA and download the latest build, see the
Official IntelliJ IDEA site at http://www.jetbrains.com/idea?ij70pr

IntelliJ IDEA 7.0 is available under commercial and personal licensing.
Those who purchased version 6.0 starting from August 13, 2007, are eligible
to upgrade for free.

30-day full-featured evaluation is available for anyone who would like to
give IntelliJ IDEA a try.

To learn more about IntelliJ IDEA licensing, get your upgrade, or apply
for a classroom or open source license, visit
http://www.jetbrains.com/idea/buy/index.html?ij70pr

About JetBrains

JetBrains is a technology-leading software development firm specializing
in the creation of intelligent, productivity-enhancing software. The company
is widely known for its innovative, award-winning Java(TM) integrated
development environment, IntelliJ(TM) IDEA (see details on the Web at
http://www.jetbrains.com/idea/index.html?il70pr), ReSharper and dotTrace
Profiler for .NET developers (see
http://www.jetbrains.com/resharper/index.html?ij70pr,
http://www.jetbrains.com/profiler/index.html?ij70pr), and the TeamCity -
continuous integration and build management environment (
http://www.jetbrains.com/teamcity/index.html?ij70pr). JetBrains maintains its
headquarters in Prague, Czech Republic, with its R&D labs located in St.
Petersburg, Russia and Boston, Massachusetts. For more information, see
http://www.jetbrains.com/index.html?ij70pr.

Note to Editors: JetBrains, IntelliJ, IntelliJ IDEA, ReSharper, dotTrace
and TeamCity are trademarks or registered trademarks of JetBrains, s.r.o. All
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