# Essential Tools for JetBrains IDE Plugin Development

**URL:** <https://platform.jetbrains.com/t/essential-tools-for-jetbrains-ide-plugin-development/899>\
**Category:** Announcements\
**Tags:** livestream\
**Created:** [March 13, 2025, 3:31pm UTC](https://platform.jetbrains.com/t/essential-tools-for-jetbrains-ide-plugin-development/899 "2025-03-13T15:31:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![elena.kerpeleva](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/platform.jetbrains.com/elena.kerpeleva/32/72_2.png) [@elena.kerpeleva](https://platform.jetbrains.com/u/elena.kerpeleva)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2025, 3:31pm UTC](https://platform.jetbrains.com/t/essential-tools-for-jetbrains-ide-plugin-development/899/1 "2025-03-13T15:31:20Z")

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Hi everyone!

Join IntelliJ Platform Developer Advocates Yann Cébron and Jakub Chrzanowski on **Wednesday, March 26, at 2:00 PM UTC** for an insightful [session](https://jb.gg/plugin-developer-tools) on the must-have tools for JetBrains IDE plugin development.

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During the webinar, you will discover how:

**Plugin DevKit** simplifies plugin creation.  
**PsiViewer** helps you navigate the PSI tree.  
**Index Viewer** allows you to debug index contents.  
**UI Inspector** provides deep insights into UI components.

At the end of the session, you’ll also have a chance to ask questions and get answers from our experts.

Register 👉 [Livestream - Essential Tools for JetBrains IDE Plugin Development - Registration](https://jb.gg/plugin-developer-tools)

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**Author:** ![chriscarini](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/platform.jetbrains.com/chriscarini/32/695_2.png) [@chriscarini](https://platform.jetbrains.com/u/chriscarini)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2025, 3:48pm UTC](https://platform.jetbrains.com/t/essential-tools-for-jetbrains-ide-plugin-development/899/2 "2025-03-13T15:48:31Z")

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Thank you for posting this in #Announcements !! I was trying to the other day, but could not, so I posted it here instead 👇

> [@\[Live Stream\]\[2025-03-26\] Essential Tools for JetBrains IDE Plugin Development](https://platform.jetbrains.com/t/live-stream-2025-03-26-essential-tools-for-jetbrains-ide-plugin-development/858/1):
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> On Wednesday, March 26, at 2:00 PM UTC, join us for an insightful session on the top tools every plugin developer should know. IntelliJ Platform Developer Advocates Yann Cébron and Jakub Chrzanowski will walk you through essential utilities that streamline plugin development for JetBrains IDEs. I’m always excited to learn new tools to make plug-in development easier/nicer! Especially from two experts who interact with us all here quite often. Looking forward to the stream! How about others…

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**Author:** ![elena.kerpeleva](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/platform.jetbrains.com/elena.kerpeleva/32/72_2.png) [@elena.kerpeleva](https://platform.jetbrains.com/u/elena.kerpeleva)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 12:20pm UTC](https://platform.jetbrains.com/t/essential-tools-for-jetbrains-ide-plugin-development/899/3 "2025-03-14T12:20:30Z")

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Thank you for spreading the word, Chris!

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**Author:** ![chriscarini](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/platform.jetbrains.com/chriscarini/32/695_2.png) [@chriscarini](https://platform.jetbrains.com/u/chriscarini)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 3:11pm UTC](https://platform.jetbrains.com/t/essential-tools-for-jetbrains-ide-plugin-development/899/4 "2025-03-14T15:11:27Z")

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Absolutely! Thanks to the team for getting these together! I’m very excited for this one!

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**Author:** ![xepozz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/platform.jetbrains.com/xepozz/32/589_2.png) [@xepozz](https://platform.jetbrains.com/u/xepozz)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2025, 7:31am UTC](https://platform.jetbrains.com/t/essential-tools-for-jetbrains-ide-plugin-development/899/5 "2025-03-15T07:31:03Z")

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Great announcement. I’ll be there.

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**Author:** ![chriscarini](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/platform.jetbrains.com/chriscarini/32/695_2.png) [@chriscarini](https://platform.jetbrains.com/u/chriscarini)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2025, 6:13am UTC](https://platform.jetbrains.com/t/essential-tools-for-jetbrains-ide-plugin-development/899/6 "2025-03-27T06:13:06Z")

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Link to the recording 👉 [https://www.youtube.com/live/blXmgF5gbWg](https://www.youtube.com/live/blXmgF5gbWg)

Awesome job Jakub & Yann! 👏 🙇