Liferay and IntelliJ IDEA https://liferay.dev/c/message_boards/find_thread?p_l_id=119785294&threadId=55013382 2026-04-05T05:39:01Z 2026-04-05T05:39:01Z Brendan Johan Lee https://liferay.dev/c/message_boards/find_message?p_l_id=119785294&messageId=55037333 2015-06-10T21:34:30Z 2015-06-10T21:34:30Z

The instructions for running tomcat and also running tomcat for debuging on that page are still valid and work fine. <br /><br />Deploying is very easy when using maven, just configure the correct maven tasks in intellij. (Works similar for ant, but Liferay+ant+intellij=:angry<img alt="emoticon" src="@theme_images_path@/emoticons/happy.gif" >

Brendan Johan Lee 2015-06-10T21:34:30Z Jack Bakker https://liferay.dev/c/message_boards/find_message?p_l_id=119785294&messageId=55035844 2015-06-10T21:21:12Z 2015-06-10T21:21:12Z

I also use Eclipse IDE and Studio, but for newer projects have been using IntelliJ IDEA <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWxos6lArrU">and loving it</a><br /><br />given my mouse-like fingers need ritual habits to more quickly navigate the maze: I lean to maven via command line and git via command line which works on any platform and independent of the Eclipse/IntelliJ question

Jack Bakker 2015-06-10T21:21:12Z David H Nebinger https://liferay.dev/c/message_boards/find_message?p_l_id=119785294&messageId=55016250 2015-06-10T13:29:50Z 2015-06-10T13:29:50Z

Great reminder, Jack, I keep forgetting about Krzysztof&#39;s presentation (even though it was a good one).

David H Nebinger 2015-06-10T13:29:50Z Jack Bakker https://liferay.dev/c/message_boards/find_message?p_l_id=119785294&messageId=55016200 2015-06-10T13:27:25Z 2015-06-10T13:27:25Z

<div class="quote-title">Steven Birr:</div><blockquote><br />are there any experiences with setting up Liferay in IntelliJ IDEA? <br />Until now, we used Liferay V. 6.2 and Eclipse 4.4.0. We would like to use IDEA 14.1.3 for development. That means, we would like to use, like in Eclipse:<br /><ul><li>Starting the Tomcat</li><li>Deploying Portlets/Themes </li><li>Hot Deployment of JSP changes</li></ul><br />Can someone help me? I just found this old wiki page: https://www.liferay.com/de/community/wiki/-/wiki/Main/Running+Liferay+from+IntelliJ<br /></blockquote><br />Hey Steven, you might like Krzysztof Gołębiowski&#39;s dev.life presentation: &#34;Liferay + IntelliJ IDEA - Setup, Tips &amp; Tricks&#34;<br /><br />https://www.liferay.com/community/dev.life/previous<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YrkUOJeqMk<br /><br />I use IntelliJ IDEA, with maven, and JRebel

Jack Bakker 2015-06-10T13:27:25Z David H Nebinger https://liferay.dev/c/message_boards/find_message?p_l_id=119785294&messageId=55013092 2015-06-10T12:39:07Z 2015-06-10T12:39:07Z

I&#39;ve been using Intellij for a few months now, but honestly haven&#39;t used any of these facilities (nor did I ever use them in Eclipse for that matter).<br /><br />I use a separate Tomcat instance (often instances) started on the command line just like the production system runs.<br /><br />I use regular hot deploy by dropping war into Liferay&#39;s deploy directory so I know how the deployment will react in production.<br /><br />No hot deploy of JSP changes because it won&#39;t work in production.<br /><br />Heck, I often still use the maven command line so I am familiar with the output that will be generated by jenkins.<br /><br />Yes, I know it&#39;s old school.<br /><br />That aside, hopefully you have a good reason to switch to Intellij. The supporting Liferay editors and tooling built into Eclipse via the Liferay IDE provide a lot of value, so you should have some justification to equal or exceed that lost value moving away from the Liferay IDE.

David H Nebinger 2015-06-10T12:39:07Z Steven Pietzsch https://liferay.dev/c/message_boards/find_message?p_l_id=119785294&messageId=55013381 2015-06-10T12:07:29Z 2015-06-10T12:07:29Z

Hello,<br /><br />are there any experiences with setting up Liferay in IntelliJ IDEA? <br />Until now, we used Liferay V. 6.2 and Eclipse 4.4.0. We would like to use IDEA 14.1.3 for development. That means, we would like to use, like in Eclipse:<br /><ul><li>Starting the Tomcat</li><li>Deploying Portlets/Themes </li><li>Hot Deployment of JSP changes</li></ul><br />Can someone help me? I just found this old wiki page: https://www.liferay.com/de/community/wiki/-/wiki/Main/Running+Liferay+from+IntelliJ<br /><br />Kind regards,<br />Steven

Steven Pietzsch 2015-06-10T12:07:29Z