When is gradle idea plugin useful? - plugins

I've been trying to get IntelliJ to recognize some generated source unsuccessfully. See other question:
How to include build directory as source directory in intellij when compiling with gradle
Since the above isn't working, I'm asking this follow-up question.
It isn't clear from the documentation exactly when the idea plug-in is used. Is it only when you are initially setting the project up or does it also work afterwards, while you are using IntelliJ?

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IntelliJ doesn't recognize properly SBT plugin test projects under 'sbt-test'

While everything in SBT is correct and work properly, all sub-projects in sbt-test are not recognized by IntelliJ. (leading to red hell inside files)
I tried to add them as module from existing source, but it led to an error (plugin version property isn't available from tested plugin project).
If by chance someone has already configured this, could you explain the procedure to follow?

"Error: Could not find or load main class" when trying to launch Run Configuration in Intellij

In a project that was originally set up for python I do have both python and java SDK's defined:
I am attempting to run a scala program: and the src directory is correctly marked as sources:
The class itself does have a main :
But the Intellij does not provide assist for setting up a Run Configuration - which should have been available by right click/context menu. So I set it up manually:
But when trying to actually run the program it is not successful saying Error: Could not find or load main class com.blazedb.algos.CourseraAlgos:
Update: for reference purposes here is a Run Configuration from a similar project that does work. I do not see any structural differences between the two.
Any ideas why Intellij does not recognize the file as a scala class?
In addition to the steps shown above I had also tried:
adding a new scala-specific module
nuking and recreating the IJ project
These did not resolve the issue. It turns out the problem is that there were no pom.xml in this project. The resulting behavior by Intellij made it difficult to trace down the root cause: there was no message like
You need a pom.xml or a build.sbt to proceed
Apparently stray scala classes (dissociated from a formal build) are only haphazardly supported in Intellij.
So finally the answer is to create a new scala based project. Adding scala back to a project built for python is at the least unreliable and maybe not possible at all.

mavericks intellij scala not configuring properly

I followed this link http://austindw.com/blog/programming/running-intellij-jdk-1-7-scala-2-10-mac-os-x-10-9-mavericks to configure scala in intellij but it says docs are not found.
any ideas why?
UPDATE:
I have checked the directory structure looks like the scala docs is inside doc folder, here is the pic but still it cant find it.
UPDATE:
I copied the files and folders from another api directory but still the same result, intellij couldnt find it.
Here is the image:
When this happened to me it was because the docs were indeed missing. Look inside /usr/local/opt/scala/idea/doc -- is there a scala-devel-docs subdirectory?
My solution was to download the API docs separately, and put them under the existing doc directory of my installation. You need to make sure that you create the hierarchy correctly:
in your case /usr/local/opt/scala/idea/doc/scala-devel-docs/api -- you'll probably need to do some renaming after you extract the doc.
Here's a direct link to your version of the docs.
If you decide to use IDE support to compilation and building, you might attract on yourself any sort of bug and the anger of software development divinities.
Please use a proper build tool to build software, such as Gradle or Sbt. SBT is native to Scala and Gradle can support it easily. Maven also has a Scala plugin.

Setting up a Scala project in Eclipse, together with JUnit & Scalatest

I have recently completed the Scala course on Coursera, and since then I have been looking forward to getting my hands dirty with Scala again. I have written code for some years but I neither educated to be nor work as a programmer, so it took me a while to get a good opportunity but now that I have some time to invest and a good project to work on it's time...
Except I can't seem to get things set up properly, which I find really frustrating. I have OpenJDK 1.7.0_25 running on my Linux machine. I have downloaded and installed the Bundle Scala IDE build for Eclipse (just like we used in the course). And I got ScalaTest both as a jar file and the Eclipse plug-in.
I have a simple project (so far) and no matter what I do I can't seem to get my builds and tests in order. First off how exactly am I supposed to set up my project so that my classes and tests are actually run properly? All the assignments we got were projects that had the same structure, so do I have to have:
project
|--src
|--main
|--scala
|--test
|--scala
structure? If so why is it not the default way the project is setup when I create a new project? Do I create these folders manually, as packages or as source folders? The whole thing gets pretty murky..
I should mention that I tried to "Mavenize" the project using the contextual menu in Eclipse, added my ScalaTest dependency. The first thing that happens is that I get compile errors, at every point of dependency in my code. So clearly the library is not visible, in other words Maven does not seem to be doing much of management. I thought the whole point of Maven was to get and maintain dependencies as the project evolves. I concluded that I do not fully understand the way Maven works and thus I eventually gave up on Maven, once again, and went back to doing things manually.
Secondly, I can't seem to run my tests; the Run As... menu item does not include ScalaTest as it's mentioned in the documentation of ScalaTest Eclipse Plug-in. I have double checked that the plugin is installed. If I instead try to run using JUnitRunner then my tests are not recognized as valid tests. I have JUnit and ScalaTest on my build path, so it's got to be something else.
I suppose my overarching question is as follows:
given the Scala IDE build of Eclipse and ScalaTest, just exactly how am I supposed to set up my project (in Eclipse) so that I can just focus on writing my code and testing it, and hopefully not have any other headaches?
I work alone, and this project is not a product I need to deliver to some client. In other words I do not need to adhere to strict professionalism here. Honestly I just want to be able to code, get better acquainted with Scala and hopefully build a small data analysis tool that I will be using from time to time.
Thanks in advance!
Try using the sbt eclipse plugin:
https://github.com/typesafehub/sbteclipse
This is of course assumes that you use sbt as you build tool. If you don't at the moment you can find instructions on installation and usage here: http://www.scala-sbt.org/
Personally I've been using typesafe giter8 template (https://github.com/typesafehub/scala-sbt.g8) to setup my Scala projects, and then I use the sbt plugin mentioned above to generate eclipse project files.
Scala is somewhat Maven-based (sometimes implicitly), that's why you use that structure.
The easiest way I think is to create a simple Sbt/Maven POM and create the Eclipse project configurations (like with sbt eclipse). There you can set the dependencies (like the actual version of JUnit, Scalatest to use), so you can use the ScalaTest plugin easily.
In case of other issues, feel free to ask at the ScalaTest mailing list, Chee Seng and Bill Venners can help you a lot there.
The Scala IDE website has a full documentation on how to run unit testing frameworks with the IDE, have a look ! If you find missing elements, the bug tracker of the scala-IDE project is here.

Starting a new project with sbt-idea plugin

I am new to sbt and the sbt-idea plugin. I created a new project with the plugin and when opening the generated .idea file inside IntelliJ and compiling I am getting that "please specify compiler in Scala facet". When looking on the scala compiler facet all I see is "buildScala" in red.
Since I saw many here are using the plugin, can you explain the steps you took to correct this?
I have this problem when I use the sbt-idea processor, and then import the module into an existing IDEA project. However, when I open the project created by sbt-idea I do not have the problem.
I have not been able to fix the red buildScala problem with imported modules. I suspect it would require tomfoolery in the project files, as I can't find config options to correct it via the GUI.
Personally, I always install sbt-idea as a processor in every new SBT install I make. (See "Usage as processor" in the previous link). Then the correct way to generate project files is simply sbt idea.
Can you clarify exactly the steps you followed that led to the error?