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Migrating from Eclipse to IntelliJ:  Re-learning shortcuts and other Tips As a long-time Eclipse user(Spring Tools Suite and Groovy and Grails Tools Suite), the transition to using IntelliJ was jarring in many ways.  Keyboard shortcuts are different, the layout is different and the way you do things is different. It is worth it to go through with the transition.  Auto-complete and searching is better.  Logs and consoles are better.  The tooling is better.  There are plenty of articles out there that highlight the changes.  Most importantly though is that it is does everything you need well and is very fast. Here are some things that will help with your transition: How to Change the JDK Setup the JDK locations Here you will want to setup the location of the Java SDKs you have installed. Ctrl+Shift+Alt+S -> Platform Settings -> SDKs:  Change JDK Update the JDK in the IntelliJ IDE Setup the Project SDK T...

Getting Started with Apex Development on the Salesforce Force.com Platform using the Force.com IDE Below I will describe the steps to getting started using the SFDC plugin in Eclipse to start developing custom Apex classes and Visualforce pages for Salesforce.  This guide does not focus on configuration or "click" based development. You may prefer to use the built-in developer console instead of the Eclipse IDE. Download and Install the Eclipse IDE Latest version of Eclipse as of 4/25/2014:   Eclipse Standard 4.3.2 for Windows 64 bit Download Page:   http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/ Install the Force.com Plugin for Eclipse From the top menu, Click  Help > Install New Software Install the Force.com Plugin Click  Add Under the  Add Repository  message Set the  Name  to "Force.com IDE" and  Set  the Location  to " http://media.developerforce.com/force-ide/eclipse42 " then ...

Fixing the Git Error:  The Current Branch is not Configured for Pull Are you trying to perform a git pull from a remote git repo within Eclipse?  Does the pull request work for your master branch but not on other branches? Are you seeing an error message like below: The current branch is not configured for pull No value for key branch.develop.merge found in configuration Or an error message such as the following: The current branch is not configured for pull No value for key remote.origin.url found in configuration Error message trying to pull from a remote git branch Most likely, you created the branch locally and you haven't set the merge section of that branch and/or your local branch is not tracking the remote branch.  The problem lies in your git local configuration. There are many ways to fix this but the most straightforward for me is the following: Open up your Git Bash: Open your git bash from the Start Menu ...