Reset trial method of JetBrains series products

0x0. Project background

Jetbrains Home products have a very conscientious place , He will allow you to try 30 God （ This number is dead in the code ） To assess if you really need to pay for it .
But a lot of times there’s a situation ：IDE It can’t be calculated according to our actual trial time .
Let me give you an example ： If we start the trial , Then the daughter-in-law gives birth to a baby and asks you to go back to accompany the baby ！ We don’t have time to accompany IDE Trial evaluation , It’s still trial time .（ Just an example , Maybe you don’t have a girlfriend ）
Have you found it? ？ You don’t really have 30 We’ve had a comprehensive trial evaluation of it in a few days , You can’t even decide whether to pay or not . At this point you will want to extend the trial time , However Jetbrains It doesn’t provide related functions , What should I do ？

In fact, there is a plug-in that can do this , Maybe you can use it to reset the trial time . But don’t try it all the time , This is not the original intention of this plug-in ！

0x1. How to install

1). Plug in market installation ：

• stay Settings/Preferences... -> Plugins  Manually add the third-party plug-in warehouse address ：https://plugins.zhile.io
• Search for ：IDE Eval Reset Plug in to install . If you can’t find it, please pay attention to whether you have done the previous step ？ Whether the network is unobstructed ？
• The plug-in will prompt that the installation is successful .

2). Download and install ：

• Click on this. link (v2.1.6) Download the plug-in zip package （macOS May automatically decompress , And then put zip The bag goes into the recycle bin ）
• Usually, you can put zip Bao Tuojin IDE Windows to install plug-ins . If you can’t drag the installation , You can Settings/Preferences... -> Plugins  Install the plug-in manually （Install Plugin From Disk...）
• The plug-in will prompt that the installation is successful .

0x2. How to use

• Generally speaking , stay IDE When the window cuts out or back （ The window lost / Get the focus ） Event triggered , Check if it takes a long time （25 God ） No reset , Give notice to let you choose .（ Initial installation because unable to get last reset time , It’s a direct reminder ）
• You can also call the main interface of the plug-in manually ：
  • If IDE No project opened , stay Welcome Interface click menu ：Get Help -> Eval Reset
  • If IDE Open the project , Click menu ：Help -> Eval Reset
• The main interface of the calling plug-in contains some display information ,2 Button ,1 A tick ：
  • Button ：Reload  Used to refresh the display information on the interface .
  • Button ：Reset  Clicking will ask if you want to reset the trial information and restart IDE. choice Yes Then perform a reset operation and restart IDE take effect , choice No And do nothing .（ This is a manual reset mode ）
  • Tick ：Auto reset before per restart  If I check that , Then restart every time since check / sign out IDE Will automatically reset the trial information when , You don’t have to do anything extra .（ This is the automatic reset mode ）

0x3. How to update

1). Plug in update mechanism （ recommend ）：

• IDE It will detect the update of itself and the installed plug-ins and give a prompt . If the plug-in is updated , You will be prompted to see the update log , Choose whether to update .
• Click on IDE Of Check for Updates...  Menu manual detection IDE And updates to installed plug-ins . If the plug-in is updated , You will be prompted to see the update log , Choose whether to update .
• Plug in updates may need to be restarted IDE.

2). Update manually ：

• Download the latest plug-in from this page zip Package installation update . Refer to this article ： Download and install Section .
• Plug in updates need to be restarted IDE.

0x4. Some instructions

• This plug-in will not display its main interface by default , If you need , Refer to this article ： How to use Section .
• The trial information of the market paid plug-in will also be reset .
• For some paid plug-ins （ Such as : Iedis 2, MinBatis） Come on , You may need to remove it javaagent To configure （ If there is ） Restart after IDE：
  • If IDE No project opened , stay Welcome Interface click menu ：Configure -> Edit Custom VM Options... -> remove  -javaagent:  Beginning line .
  • If IDE Open the project , Click menu ：Help -> Edit Custom VM Options... -> remove  -javaagent:  Beginning line .
• Reset requires restart IDE take effect ！
• It doesn’t pop up after reset Licenses The dialog box lets you choose to enter License Or try it out , This is the same as the previous reset script / Plug ins are different （ Save the annoying step ）.
• If it’s as long as 25 God, there’s no reset action ,IDE There will be a notification asking if you want to reset .
• If you check the ：Auto reset before per restart , Reset is silent and senseless .
• Simply speaking ： Checked Auto reset before per restart There is no need to take care of , Once and for all .

0x5. Open source information

• Plugins are learning research projects , The source code is open . Source warehouse address ：Gitee.
• If you have a better idea , Welcome to tell me Pull Request To study and improve together .
• Plug in source code use ：GPL-2.0 Open source protocol release .
• The plug-in USES PHP To write , After all PHP It’s the best programming language in the world ！

0x6. Supported products

• IntelliJ IDEA 
  • AppCode
  • CLion
  • DataGrip
  • GoLand
  • PhpStorm
  • PyCharm
  • Rider
  • RubyMine
  • WebStorm

Original author ：https://zhile.io/2020/11/18/jetbrains-eval-reset.html