--- title: "Can JetBrains close the IDE skills gap before AI widens it further?" url: https://daily.dev/posts/can-jetbrains-close-the-ide-skills-gap-before-ai-widens-it-further--l2oyhftcs source_url: https://thenewstack.io/jetbrains-course-creators-program type: article source: "The New Stack" published: 2026-06-13T17:05:35.446Z updated: 2026-06-13T17:13:24.347Z tags: ["ai-coding", "jetbrains"] reading_time: 5 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Can JetBrains close the IDE skills gap before AI widens it further? **[The New Stack](https://daily.dev/sources/newstack)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary JetBrains has launched a Course Creators Program that lets independent educators embed hands-on coding exercises directly into JetBrains IDEs via the Academy plugin, with integrations for platforms like Coursera, Udemy, and Pluralsight. The program argues that as AI generates more code, foundational IDE skills like debugging and project navigation become more critical. However, the initiative is early-stage with only five active creators, no outcome-based success metrics, and some tension given JetBrains also sells its own AI coding tools (AI Assistant and Junie). The company positions this as distinct from AI tutoring, framing it as a partnership to bring professional-grade hands-on learning into developer education. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [JetBrains Launches Course Creators Program Bringing Education into the IDE](https://daily.dev/posts/jetbrains-launches-course-creators-program-bringing-education-into-the-ide-t6j5f8ses) · SD Times · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Introducing the JetBrains Course Creators Program](https://daily.dev/posts/introducing-the-jetbrains-course-creators-program-ndwjhss3s) · JetBrains · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [JetBrains Academy – June Digest](https://daily.dev/posts/jetbrains-academy-june-digest-yl68hs4ic) · JetBrains · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Learn AI-Assisted Programming With Junie: Free Courses From JetBrains Academy and Nebius](https://daily.dev/posts/learn-ai-assisted-programming-with-junie-free-courses-from-jetbrains-academy-and-nebius-fhdgllvll) · JetBrains · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#ai-coding](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-coding), [#jetbrains](https://daily.dev/tags/jetbrains) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/can-jetbrains-close-the-ide-skills-gap-before-ai-widens-it-further--l2oyhftcs)