IntelliJ IDEA 2020.1 EAP with Records/Patterns support

[Brian Goetz]

Great news, Tagir.  It is super to see strong early IDE support -- that 
means we will are more likely to get useful feedback when we can still 
act on it!

On 1/24/2020 10:33 PM, Tagir Valeev wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I'm happy to announce that JetBrains started an Early Access Program
> for IntelliJ IDEA 2020.1. You can download the EAP builds here (fully
> functional for 30 days, no registration/payment required):
> https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/nextversion/
>
> Here's release notes blog post:
> https://blog.jetbrains.com/idea/2020/01/intellij-idea-2020-1-eap/
>
> In particular, these builds already have decent support for Java 14
> Preview features, including records and patterns in instanceof. There
> are still many known problems (most notable with formatting and
> refactorings), but all the basic functionality (syntax highlighting,
> error highlighting, code completion, symbol resolution, navigation,
> etc.) already works. Also, for patterns, we have an inspection that
> suggests replacing the instanceof+subsequent variable declaration and
> cast sequence with instanceof + pattern.
>
> Feel free to try this build. If you have any feedback you can contact
> me or post new issues to https://youtrack.jetbrains.com.
>
> With best regards,
> Tagir Valeev.