Die Webseite http://www.jetbrains.com/idea/whatsnew/index.htm listet die wichtigsten Neuerungen auf:
- Faster Environment
- Improved Code Understanding
- Cleaner, More Productive Coding
- More Efficient User Interface
- More Flexible Project Structure
- Preliminary Java 7 Features Support
- Java EE 6 Support
- Improved Groovy support
- Extended Polyglot Arsenal
- New Web Frameworks Support
- OSGi Application Development
- Enhanced Maven Support
- Android Development
- Better JavaScript and HTML
- Flex Development
- Context Management
- UML Support
- Version Control Integration
- Other Interesting Things