This book is targeted at first-time learners, as well as moderate users of IntelliJ. Beginners will get a fair understanding of IntelliJ and its functioning, and others will be able to take their knowledge on this subject to the next level.
This book requires that the readers have some preliminary knowledge of the software development process, along with Java programming language. In the later sections of this book, we will discuss integration with build tools, unit testing frameworks, debugger, profiling, version control system, and database. It is assumed that the required tools are installed and configured on the system and the reader is familiar with those tools.