JetBrains launches 2024.1 with local AI code completion

JetBrains has released the 2024.1 updates for its IDEs with several major new features, headlined by full-line code autocompletion powered by local AI models.

The new full-line code completion functionality ensures code suggestions are processed entirely on the user's device, minimising latency and providing a seamless offline experience.

“We’ve developed models that run directly on your device, and the IDE verifies each suggestion,” explained Mikhail Kostyukov,...

JetBrains announces Fleet next-gen IDE, support for remote coding

Software development tools company JetBrains has made two major new announcements.

The first announcement is an early preview of its next-generation IDE called Fleet.

Fleet is a lightweight IDE that is designed to be ready-to-use without much additional configuration. JetBrains promises Fleet will be “ready in a second” for simple tasks but its full environment – including the IntelliJ code-processing engine – can be accessed “with a single...