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Today I want to present you a handy feature within IntelliJ IDEA that will make your everyday work easier when trying to understand specific code parts. It enables you to navigate directly from the Version Control or Annotate-Sidebar to the corresponding JIRA-Page by simply clicking at the ticket-id, when the id-pattern is detected. Use Case When working in a corporate environment, bigger team or project, you probably use an Issue Tracking Software like Atlassian JIRA. Depending on how strict your commit rules are, you will have to write the ticket number within the commit messages. This common practice will help other people to understand the context of the change better. Furthermore, when looking at a ticket, there is a detailed description and maybe a discussion within the comment section, which will help to understand why certain decisions were made. ...

General This year I started my new job in my first English-speaking company. As a senior software engineer, I have to write many emails, complex task- and bug descriptions and create presentations about various topics. Therefore it is great to have an assistant to improve my grammar and spelling. When looking at some great applications I stumbled across LanguageTool - an open-source grammar, style and spell checker. To increase your privacy and be the owner of your data, it is possible to host your own instance. ...