Discover effective Scala development techniques in IntelliJ IDEA through this 41-minute conference talk from Scala Days Chicago 2017. Learn how to leverage the IDE's powerful features to enhance productivity and focus on crucial concepts. Explore coding assistance tools, time-saving shortcuts, and intelligent code completion capabilities. Gain insights into name suggestions, apply conditions, and automatic code generation. Delve into advanced topics such as implicit inspections and annotations. Get a glimpse of future cross-platform metaprogramming support using the scala.meta API. Whether you're new to IntelliJ Platform or an experienced user, acquire valuable knowledge to streamline your Scala development workflow and write code more efficiently.