As this is a Java project, we will use IntelliJ IDEA as our IDE.Īccording to the development guide, the recommended way to create a project is by using Gradle. I will do it in Java as most users are familiar with that. When creating plugins for IntelliJ, we have to option to do it in either Java or Kotlin. But it’s actually also a feature I have been missing, as when I develop a custom package with my own words in it, I hate that I have to add them each time in the project level dictionary. The project is just a sample to get you started on developing your own plugins. dic file is a simple dictionary where each line is a word in the dictionary. It will also search for the file in packages, so packages can add custom words to the dictionary. In this article I will cover how we can create a simple plugin for all of the IntelliJ IDEs so when you add a project.dic file, it will automatically add it as one of your dictionaries. However sometimes when we use it, we find that a feature is missing, but we have no idea how to actually add that feature and eventually just live without it.

Most of us developers use IntelliJ platforms, either IDEA, PHPStorm, WebStorm, Android Studio, P圜harm and the list goes on and on. By Oliver Nybroe How to create an IntelliJ plugin - let’s build a simple dictionary finder Photo by Crew on Unsplash

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