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Another exhilarating year of development has brought about the newest installment of IntelliJ IDEA - smarter, faster, and more versatile than ever.

Starting with this version, IntelliJ IDEA is offered in two editions: the free and open-source Community Edition, and the Ultimate Edition providing 100% of the famous IntelliJ IDEA functionality.

• IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition is the perfect choice for those working on pure Java/Groovy applications or doing Swing development, with the essential tools you need to be productive.
• IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate is the full-featured commercial IntelliJ IDEA, encompassing the full set of tools and integrations for effective Web and Java EE development, including extensive support for technologies like Spring, Hibernate, numerous application servers, and many others.

Key new features and improvements in this release include:

• Much faster environment, with background indexing on startup
• Extensive Java EE 6 support
• Many productivity features in core Java functionality
• Best-of-breed PHP support, with dedicated debugger, PHPUnit, etc.
• Visual editor for defining the structure of project deliverables (.war, .ear archives, etc.)
• AIR support, ActionScript refactorings, and other Flex support improvements
• And much, much more

For more details please read what's new, and download your free 30-day trial.

Don't go another day without this latest and greatest IntelliJ IDEA - buy or upgrade to IntelliJ IDEA 9 today.

Additionally, customers who purchased an IntelliJ IDEA 8 license on or after October 1, 2009, can download v9 and upgrade right now - for free.

Keep developing with pleasure!
IntelliJ IDEA Team