I quite enjoy IDEA with scala, haven't tried the latest and greatest of it though.
VERY encouraged to head that 2.8 with eclipse is going from strength to strength. A lot of the aims of 2.8 was to make things play nice with IDEs - which is all great in theory, but to see it paying off is indeed pleasing. On Nov 10, 2:41 am, Kevin Wright <[email protected]> wrote: > The IDEA plugin is probably the most robust at present. > > Though as a follower of 2.8 trunk, I must say that the eclipse plugin > is going from strength to strength on an almost daily basis, expect a > beta of this in the same timescale as the Scala 2.8 beta. > > > > On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 3:29 PM, Viktor Klang <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
