JetBrains, the Prague-based creator of code-centric Java IDE IntelliJ IDEA, this week took the wraps off the upcoming version of its flagship development environment.

JetBrains is shipping version 9 of its IntelliJ Idea IDE for Java, this time offering both commercial and open source versions.

The much-anticipated IntelliJ IDEA 2018.3 update of the popular development environment comes with a range of new features, bug fixes, and early support for features in the upcoming Java 12.

“IntelliJ Idea 9 provides an easy way to create projects using any of the Java EE 6 technologies and to deploy, run and debug them on the GlassFish 3 application server,” said Jemerov.