I started using the Play Framework a couple weeks ago.
Everything works quite fine, I can compile, use autocompletion in Java files and SBT is running ok,
But one thing that bugs me out is that I have no coloration nor completion in the routes, and scala.html files.
I thought this was normal, but this morning I saw this page where the templates are clearly completion supported.
For me, only simple HTML tags are colored.
I checked the requirements page, and I do have the scala plugin installed. I tried to uninstall/reinstall without success.
I use Play 2.4.4 and IntelliJ community edition 14.1.4.
I looked for a solution on the internet, but nothing so far.
Anything I could have missed? I seems like everything should just work from the Play page and intellij websites. . .
I have been using eclipse before, so my IntelliJ installation is pretty clean.
Thanks!
Both of your links about using the Play Framework with IntelliJ seem to miss the point that you need the Ultimate Edition of IntelliJ in order to get the full support. See the comparison Matrix where Play support (for version 1.x and 2.x) is listed as "Supported only in Ultimate Edition": IntelliJ IDEA Editions Comparison.
The current support, which you've noticed, is plain Java and as it seems XML, since HTML is also an "Ultimate Feature".
You may want to try the free 30-day trial of the Ultimate Edition to see if it works for you - including the Play support - and if it's worth buying it.
I can tell that you can, if you are running the newest FEP, as there is an official migration guide. There is also a nice list of new features on the RAD site. What I can't find is a list of features that are relevant for Commerce.
As far as I can tell, all I get is a slightly newer (but still outdated) Eclipse platform. Am I overlooking something?
The answer is: Not much, unless some blocking bug is fixed. The Eclipse that RAD 8 is based on is pretty much as outdated as the one in RAD 7.5, so no modern plugins or GWT for you!!!!
I've wondered this a bunch of times. The answer that comes to mind is: there's no point since VS is so feature rich, but on the flip side, this the fact that something has already been done hasn't stopped people in the past.
There was a C# plug-in for Eclipse a long time ago, but it wasn't really production quality by a long shot. I haven't seen anything else coming into the Eclipse ecosystem to support .NET.
Emonic is a more recent plugin for C# on Eclipse. It's meant to work with either Mono or MS.NET.
While not a whole C# environment, it's probably worth mentioning the Silverlight tools for Eclipse:
http://team.silverlight.net/announcement/eclipse-tools-for-silverlight-now-available/
The Eclipse Visual Editor project seems to be dead, no commits, no updates. Any one know what is happening?
Update 2: The project has been archived (i.e. dead) since June 2011 again.
Update: The project has been revived and is now under active development again.
Its pretty much dead due to a lack of developer support. Here are some recent posts from their mailing list talking about a lack of movement on the project.
What's happening? It's called NetBeans, and it's already happened.
I'm going to get voted down for this but they know it's true. I love eclipse and have used it religiously since I started Java. I'm not saying I like Netbeans, it's just all I hear whenever the concept of a Java visual editor is brought up.
The Jigloo plug-in for Eclipse is a pretty great alternative to the Visual Editor. Though still not quite as nice as the Netbeans GUI editor it is fairly robust and fully featured, especially compared to what was available in the Visual Editor plug-in. Definitely should give it a shot.
Actually NetBeans has gotten MUCH MUCH better. I've used Eclipse, Netbeans and IntelliJ for a few years each, and NetBeans is at least as good (performance, usability & features) as the others now.
It's also improving more quickly than the others are.
They have people working full time on alternate language support, so you'll find they have the best Ruby support in the industry, and I believe Python is about to become that good as well.
Of course, Eclipse still has that crazy-cool todo list that remembers which files you worked on for each bug and can take you back to the set of files/edits for any bug you've worked on, that's really amazing to use and I don't think it's available on either of the other platforms.
--- Revision from years in the future ---
I have used Netbeans more and really have to give the award to Eclipse. The difference has been in vertical programming environments--most will target Eclipse and ignore netbeans. You rarely need these, but when you need them there is often no way around them. If Netbeans does have an equivalent, it's often buggy to the point of not being usable, generally the biggest issue is emulator support.
You won't run into these unless you are working in a specific industry--Android development is one, the primary drive was to support Eclipse, NB seems to trail. Another I've worked on is in the TV/Cable industry.
For raw java development, however, I'd still give Netbeans a little edge because it's the environment that was targeted and supported by sun.
Visual Editor is doing a new release, 1.4, on September 16. Installation instructions for the RC are here:
http://wiki.eclipse.org/VE/Update
FWIW, the project did stall for a while. But there is a new, and relatively diverse group of folks working on it again. Most of the recent work is concerned with making the new release compatible with Eclipse Galileo.
It's officially dead as of May 2011. It's archived here, but slow to download and tricky to install. Instead, there's a new editor, WindowBuilder Pro.
Currentlty Google have Open Sourced the Windows Builder Pro. It seems nice
yeap,
http://www.eclipsezone.com/eclipse/forums/t91368.html
Yes, sadly, it is dead. Looking at the aforementioned email threads regarding it's revival I get the feeling that even if it does get picked up it will quickly collapse under the weight of some new requirements ("make it universal, edit everything from SWT to HTML").
WindowBuilder can be a good alternative. I had several problems with VE and I end up with WindowBuilder who worked for me perfectly.
http://www.eclipse.org/windowbuilder/
Right, so I'm having a go at Iron Python Studio as I'm quite familiar with VS2005 and want to try Python with an integrated GUI designer. But as soon as I add a PictureBox I'm in trouble. When running the project I get complaints about BeginInit and soon enough the form designer stops working.
Is this because I'm running .NET 3.5 or some other compatibility issue? Couldn't find anything at the Iron Python Studio site
I'm having the same problem. What you can do is manually remove the BeginInit() and EndInit() calls, it should work fine then.
Have you checked out IronPython Blog on MSDN? You could probably drill down from there and find a definitive answer. If you do, be sure you update your question here!