# Kotlin 1.1.3 EAP

**URL:** <https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/t/kotlin-1-1-3-eap/2631>\
**Category:** EAP\
**Created:** [May 17, 2017, 4:28pm UTC](https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/t/kotlin-1-1-3-eap/2631 "2017-05-17T16:28:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Alexey.Andreev](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Alexey.Andreev](https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/u/Alexey.Andreev)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 4:28pm UTC](https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/t/kotlin-1-1-3-eap/2631/1 "2017-05-17T16:28:12Z")

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We’re happy to announce the EAP for Kotlin 1.1.3. The final release is going to happen in the first half of June.  
What’s new

- Rainbow highlighting for local variables and parameters
- Inline hints for parameter names (enabled by default) and inferred types (disabled by default, can be enabled in Settings | Editor | General | Appearance | Show parameter name hints | Configure…)
- Performance and memory usage improvements in the compiler and IDE plugin
- Improvements in the performance of generated bytecode
- Lots of bugs are fixed in the compiler and IDE

[Full changelog](https://github.com/JetBrains/kotlin/blob/1.1.3/ChangeLog.md)

## How to get EAP build

### For IntelliJ IDEA:

You can configure Early Access Preview channel in Tools → Kotlin → Configure Kotlin Plugin Updates. Change the update channel to “Early Access Preview 1.1.x” and press Check for updates now.

### For Gradle or Maven:

Add [https://dl.bintray.com/kotlin/kotlin-eap-1.1](https://dl.bintray.com/kotlin/kotlin-eap-1.1) to your repositories.  
Change the version of Kotlin dependencies (compiler and stdlib) to 1.1.3-eap-34

Please do provide feedback and report any issues to our issue tracker (please specify your plugin version and IDE version).

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**Author:** ![Alexey.Andreev](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Alexey.Andreev](https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/u/Alexey.Andreev)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 4:29pm UTC](https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/t/kotlin-1-1-3-eap/2631/2 "2017-05-17T16:29:08Z")

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**Author:** ![ilya.gorbunov](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discuss.kotlinlang.org/ilya.gorbunov/32/1645_2.png) [@ilya.gorbunov](https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/u/ilya.gorbunov)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2017, 11:44pm UTC](https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/t/kotlin-1-1-3-eap/2631/4 "2017-05-19T23:44:00Z")

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**Author:** ![ilya.gorbunov](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discuss.kotlinlang.org/ilya.gorbunov/32/1645_2.png) [@ilya.gorbunov](https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/u/ilya.gorbunov)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2017, 11:44pm UTC](https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/t/kotlin-1-1-3-eap/2631/5 "2017-05-19T23:44:24Z")

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**Author:** ![suresh](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discuss.kotlinlang.org/suresh/32/1695_2.png) [@suresh](https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/u/suresh)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2017, 3:56am UTC](https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/t/kotlin-1-1-3-eap/2631/6 "2017-05-22T03:56:09Z")

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Any plans to publish the EAP plugins through Gradle plugin repo ([Gradle - Plugin: org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm](https://plugins.gradle.org/plugin/org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm)) or is that specific for release versions ??

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**Author:** ![Alexey.Andreev](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Alexey.Andreev](https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/u/Alexey.Andreev)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2017, 8:55am UTC](https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/t/kotlin-1-1-3-eap/2631/7 "2017-06-06T08:55:09Z")

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EAP build 1.1.3-eap-68 is now available. Includes stability improvements and bug fixes.