A developer's hands should never leave the keyboard
That’s the goal anyways, and this stellar IntelliJ plugin, AceJump, really helps achieve it. One thing I detest is breaking form just to place the cursor on a line or in a word. AceJump solves that problem. With just a few keystrokes, I can navigate around the source code, placing the cursor exactly where it’s needed as the videos below demonstrate, but first…
Big props to John Lindquist who started AceJump and showcased many other pro tips in his EggHead.io videos.
AceJump: https://github.com/acejump/AceJump
John Lindquist: https://github.com/johnlindquist
On to the show, videos inked below:
2. Go to definition. Get a match and instantly go to that definition.
3. Put the caret at the start or end of a entire line.