IntelliJ Support for Scala?

[Randy Kahle]

Is there an IntelliJ 7.0 plugin for Scala?

Randy

[Daniel Wellman]

There is a plugin available for IntelliJ:

http://plugins.intellij.net/plugin/?id=1347

It seems a bit dated (the page says it doesn't support version 2.6 language features, which I assume means it was written for version 2.5 and not 2.7) but on IDEA 7.0.3 it actually opened up a project.  It doesn't support Ctrl-Space completion to my knowledge.

I think it's not under very active development -- the Ruby and Groovy languages have been getting the most attention (probably because of their big growth in adoption).  I hope Scala gets this same kind of boom and support; I'd love to have IntelliJ's Java refactoring support in Scala.

Dan

Randy Kahle wrote:

Is there an IntelliJ 7.0 plugin for Scala?

Randy

[Peter Niederwieser]

I talked to Jetbrains about this, and they told me that they stopped working on the Scala plugin for the time being, because
- demand for Groovy/Ruby was higher
- the language was moving too fast
- Scala is a terribly difficult language for compiler/tool writers, and the only good way to analyze Scala programs might be through the official compiler, which didn't yet support this

Hopefully the work will be continued at some point...

Cheers,
Peter


There is a plugin available for IntelliJ:

http://plugins.intellij.net/plugin/?id=1347

It seems a bit dated (the page says it doesn't support version 2.6 language features, which I assume means it was written for version 2.5 and not 2.7) but on IDEA 7.0.3 it actually opened up a project.  It doesn't support Ctrl-Space completion to my knowledge.

I think it's not under very active development -- the Ruby and Groovy languages have been getting the most attention (probably because of their big growth in adoption).  I hope Scala gets this same kind of boom and support; I'd love to have IntelliJ's Java refactoring support in Scala.

Dan

Randy Kahle wrote:

Is there an IntelliJ 7.0 plugin for Scala?

Randy

[sean.mcdirmid]

Mostly true. I think the only practical way to analyze Scala
is through the compiler, so hopefully opening up the compiler
will lead to more tools. However, I was under the impression
that JetBrains preferred to work through their own Java-based
engine, which would sort of preclude doing anything on a language
that is substantially more expressive than Java (like Scala).

Quoting Peter Niederwieser <pniederw@...>:

>
> I talked to Jetbrains about this, and they told me that they stopped
> working
> on the Scala plugin for the time being, because
> - demand for Groovy/Ruby was higher
> - the language was moving too fast
> - Scala is a terribly difficult language for compiler/tool writers, and
> the
> only good way to analyze Scala programs might be through the official
> compiler, which didn't yet support this
>
> Hopefully the work will be continued at some point...
>
> Cheers,
> Peter
>
>
> Daniel Wellman wrote:
> >
> > There is a plugin available for IntelliJ:
> >
> > http://plugins.intellij.net/plugin/?id=1347
> >
> > It seems a bit dated (the page says it doesn't support version 2.6
> > language features, which I assume means it was written for version 2.5
> and
> > not 2.7) but on IDEA 7.0.3 it actually opened up a project.  It
> doesn't
> > support Ctrl-Space completion to my knowledge.
> >
> > I think it's not under very active development -- the Ruby and
> Groovy
> > languages have been getting the most attention (probably because of
> their
> > big growth in adoption).  I hope Scala gets this same kind of boom
> and
> > support; I'd love to have IntelliJ's Java refactoring support in
> Scala.
> >
> > Dan
> >
> >
> > Randy Kahle wrote:
> >>
> >> Is there an IntelliJ 7.0 plugin for Scala?
> >>
> >> Randy
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
> --
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> http://www.nabble.com/IntelliJ-Support-for-Scala--tp16540407p16570475.html
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>
>

[Stephane Le Dorze]

This sounds like it is the crucial point where Martin and co have to put their effort for Scala to succeed..

On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 5:05 AM, <sean.mcdirmid@...> wrote:

Mostly true. I think the only practical way to analyze Scala
is through the compiler, so hopefully opening up the compiler
will lead to more tools. However, I was under the impression
that JetBrains preferred to work through their own Java-based
engine, which would sort of preclude doing anything on a language
that is substantially more expressive than Java (like Scala).

Quoting Peter Niederwieser <pniederw@...>:

>
> I talked to Jetbrains about this, and they told me that they stopped
> working
> on the Scala plugin for the time being, because
> - demand for Groovy/Ruby was higher
> - the language was moving too fast
> - Scala is a terribly difficult language for compiler/tool writers, and
> the
> only good way to analyze Scala programs might be through the official
> compiler, which didn't yet support this
>
> Hopefully the work will be continued at some point...
>
> Cheers,
> Peter
>
>
> Daniel Wellman wrote:
> >
> > There is a plugin available for IntelliJ:
> >
> > http://plugins.intellij.net/plugin/?id=1347
> >
> > It seems a bit dated (the page says it doesn't support version 2.6
> > language features, which I assume means it was written for version 2.5
> and
> > not 2.7) but on IDEA 7.0.3 it actually opened up a project.  It
> doesn't
> > support Ctrl-Space completion to my knowledge.
> >
> > I think it's not under very active development -- the Ruby and
> Groovy
> > languages have been getting the most attention (probably because of
> their
> > big growth in adoption).  I hope Scala gets this same kind of boom
> and
> > support; I'd love to have IntelliJ's Java refactoring support in
> Scala.
> >
> > Dan
> >
> >
> > Randy Kahle wrote:
> >>
> >> Is there an IntelliJ 7.0 plugin for Scala?
> >>
> >> Randy
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
> --
> View this message in context:
> http://www.nabble.com/IntelliJ-Support-for-Scala--tp16540407p16570475.html
> Sent from the Scala - Tools mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
>
>

[Erik Engbrecht]

Sean,

They definitely gave them impression, but maybe after further consideration they decided you were right.

 

-Erik

 

On 4/8/08, sean.mcdirmid@... <sean.mcdirmid@...> wrote:

Mostly true. I think the only practical way to analyze Scala
is through the compiler, so hopefully opening up the compiler
will lead to more tools. However, I was under the impression
that JetBrains preferred to work through their own Java-based
engine, which would sort of preclude doing anything on a language
that is substantially more expressive than Java (like Scala).

Quoting Peter Niederwieser <pniederw@...>:

>
> I talked to Jetbrains about this, and they told me that they stopped
> working
> on the Scala plugin for the time being, because
> - demand for Groovy/Ruby was higher
> - the language was moving too fast
> - Scala is a terribly difficult language for compiler/tool writers, and
> the
> only good way to analyze Scala programs might be through the official
> compiler, which didn't yet support this

>
> Hopefully the work will be continued at some point...
>
> Cheers,
> Peter
>
>
> Daniel Wellman wrote:
> >
> > There is a plugin available for IntelliJ:

> >
> > http://plugins.intellij.net/plugin/?id=1347
> >
> > It seems a bit dated (the page says it doesn't support version 2.6
> > language features, which I assume means it was written for version 2.5
> and
> > not 2.7) but on IDEA 7.0.3 it actually opened up a project.  It
> doesn't
> > support Ctrl-Space completion to my knowledge.
> >
> > I think it's not under very active development -- the Ruby and
> Groovy
> > languages have been getting the most attention (probably because of
> their
> > big growth in adoption).  I hope Scala gets this same kind of boom
> and
> > support; I'd love to have IntelliJ's Java refactoring support in
> Scala.
> >
> > Dan
> >
> >
> > Randy Kahle wrote:
> >>
> >> Is there an IntelliJ 7.0 plugin for Scala?
> >>

> >> Randy
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
> --
> View this message in context:
> http://www.nabble.com/IntelliJ-Support-for-Scala--tp16540407p16570475.html

> Sent from the Scala - Tools mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
>
>

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