Developing DBeaver with IntelliJ IDEA

[EastLord]

Hi everyone,

According to the official wiki guide, I’ve successfully set up and run DBeaver locally using IntelliJ IDEA.

However, I have a question: after I make code changes in IDEA, I find that I need to manually compile the affected module using the mvn command in the terminal and then restart the application for the changes to take effect.

Is there a more efficient way to apply changes (especially UI-related or plugin-related ones) directly from IDEA without rebuilding via the command line every time? For example, can I use IntelliJ's internal build system or hot reload techniques to speed up the dev-test cycle?

Any suggestions or best practices are appreciated. Thanks!

[Destrolaric]

Weird, what happens when you compile using IDEA?

[EastLord]

Sorry, I might not have expressed my point clearly. Actually, I can compile using IDEA by going to the Build -> Build Project option in the status bar, but this requires manual action. If I modify the code and then directly click the Debug or Run button in the top right, the changes don’t take effect because the code hasn't been compiled.

[Destrolaric]

@EastLord, you can make it do that by adding the following options. After that, I would recommend moving the launch configuration from the Generated folder to avoid it being rewritten.

[EastLord]

Thank you very much for your help. I believe this meets my needs.