IlluminatedCloud / User_Guide / Installing_Illuminated_Cloud

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Follow the process outlined beneath to install the Illuminated Cloud plugin for JetBrains IntelliJ Idea, PhpStorm, PyCharm, RubyMine, or WebStorm.

Afterward yous install Illuminated Cloud, you'll have admission to modern IDE features such as:

  • Code completion for Noon classes
  • Syntax highlighting for classes & Visualforce pages
  • Contextually aware reference navigation
  • Integrated API documentation
  • Metadata retrieval & deployment

Prerequisite:

If yous oasis't already, install ane of the following supported IDEs from JetBrains:

  • IntelliJ Idea (Community Edition or Ultimate Edition)
  • PhpStorm
  • PyCharm
  • RubyMine
  • WebStorm

To install Illuminated Deject:

  1. From within a supported JetBrains IDE, select File > Settings (Windows) or Preferences (Mac).

  2. Select Plugins in the left navigation, and start typing Illuminated Deject in the Search field at the top of the Marketplace view.

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  3. In the results that are returned, select Illuminated Cloud ii past Rose Silvery Software and click Install. (The initial version of Illuminated Cloud is but supported for original customers of that version.)

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  4. Click Restart IDE to actuate the plugin.

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  5. We strongly recommend that you click Yes when prompted to enable Illuminated Cloud'south Save All activeness handler and to create a derived keymap, to maintain consequent beliefs with the base IDE.

Illuminated Cloud immediately starts parsing, caching and indexing Salesforce metadata then you lot can work with it in your projects.

The footer also indicates when your Illuminated Deject evaluation period volition expire:

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To install Illuminated Deject from disk:

If your Cyberspace access or network performance is express, you tin try this alternate method of installing the plugin:

  1. Admission the JetBrains plugin repository.

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  2. Click Become and download the latest version of the plugin (IlluminatedCloud2.naught). Do not extract this archive—the installation will fail if you lot do so.

  3. Return to your IDE, select File > Settings (Windows) or Preferences (Mac).

  4. In the Plugins view, click the gear icon and select Install Plugin from Disk.

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  5. Locate the IlluminatedCloud2.aught file you lot previously downloaded and click Open to install the plugin.

  6. Click Restart IDE to activate the plugin.

Later on yous've installed Illuminated Cloud 2, it's like shooting fish in a barrel to keep information technology up-to-date with the latest fixes and features.

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