IDEA

Intellij SpringBoot DevTools Setup

  • Add spring-boot-devtools in pom.xml
  • Settings - Build,Execution,Deployment - Compiler, enable Build project automatically
  • Settings - Advanced Settings, enable Allow auto-make to start even if developed application is currently running
  • Disable cache on browser
<dependency>
    <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
    <artifactId>spring-boot-devtools</artifactId>
    <scope>runtime</scope>
    <optional>true</optional>
</dependency>
spring.devtools.restart.enabled=true
spring.devtools.restart.additional-paths=src/main/java
spring.devtools.restart.exclude=WEB-INF/**

Debug

Line Breakpoint (red circle)

  • Condition: must put a expression returns a boolean
  • Stream: Trace Current Stream Chain
  • Force Return: Debug Window -> Debugger -> Function Name(right click) -> Force Return
  • Throw Exception: same as above
  • Multi Thread: Right click break point -> Enable Suspend with Thread

Method Breakpoint (red diamond)

  • Most of time use in Java interface

Field Watchpoint (red eye)

Exception Breakpoint (red thunder)

  • Manually add Java Exception Breakpoints

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