The Scala 2.8 Eclipse Plugin is rumored to be greatly enhanced. (although not released yet)
The IDEA Scala plugin works nicely and I've had much joy using NetBeans Scala plugin from Caoyuan aswell. On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 4:23 PM, tachoknight <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all- > > After listening to the posse talk about Scala enough, and reading > through the benefits of Scala as another arrow in the quiver of tools, > I decided to give it a try. I'm a big Eclipse user for Java, C++, and > Ruby. Since they have a Scala plugin, I decided to use that. I'm okay, > I guess, with having fewer of the niceties that the Java, and even the > C++ plugins afford (method suggestions, etc.), but what is really > troubling to me is that it seems to be extremely flaky about when it > will properly compile something, and when it will properly run > something. I'll get an error when trying to run a Scala program like > "Selection does not contain a main type", do a clean and run it again, > and it works. > > I admit I like the immediacy of an IDE, especially when I'm learning a > new language to provide a certain amount of hand-holding. Whereas I > can write a C++ or Java program in the sand on the beach and be > certain it will compile, I'd like more feedback from the toolset > initially, and with the Scala plugin I feel like I can't tell whether > I'm doing something wrong, or if the plugin has "quirks" that I am not > well versed in and that's why the program doesn't work from one run to > another. > > So I'd like to know, what do people use to write Scala programs right > now? I'm looking for a good, solid Scala implementation that will > allow me to become comfortable with the language. > > Thanks, > > Tachoknight > > > -- Viktor Klang | "A complex system that works is invariably | found to have evolved from a simple system | that worked." - John Gall Blog: klangism.blogspot.com Twttr: twitter.com/viktorklang Code: github.com/viktorklang --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
