Scala build process - scala

First some context:
My aim is to use scala alongside a testing environment, preferably in an ide.
At first I installed scala (v. 2.10.1) and sbt and it worked. I used emacs and a shell.
Then I wanted to use eclipse and installed the sbt plugin. But when I tried the FlatSpec example of the scalatest website together with the scalatest lib, it did compile but 0/0 tests did run.
In intellij I tried the same example but although I gave my sdk location, the collection package wasn't found.
My problem:
I don't understand what I have to tell my ide or what I have to write (maybe files for maven or make etc.) or where I can learn all that.
My question:
What has the ide to know if I want to run a scala project?
- location of sdk, jdk, sbt, my_project, ...
- versions of scala, java etc.
What else must it know?

IntelliJ has build in support for sbt projects. My work flow is the following :
Create a project (in the shell) using sbt. Basically you have to create a build.sbt and the necessary directory structure
`src/main/scala`
`src/main/resources`
`src/test/`
The in IntelliJ just do Open -> select build.sbt.
Also check auto-import checkbox.
Everything should work after this.
NOTE: You may have to install the Scala and sbt plugin for the above to work.

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I want to setup a Spark-Scala-Sbt dev environment on Ubuntu
So i have installed SBT, Scala Seperately before installing IntelliJ.
But after installing intelliJ i have installed the sbt plugin for intelliJ as well.
Now how to avoid conflicts between the 2 sbt's which one to use and how to setup properly to avoid conflict.
Also wanted to know HOW .. the installed Scala & SBT is different from the scala & sbt plugin that comes with itelliJ IDEA
The standalone sbt plugin is obsolete with IntelliJ Scala Plugin 2017.1, which includes an integrated sbt shell and supports building through that shell.
To avoid any conflicts between different instances of sbt shells, it is best to have only one running at a time - either from the terminal or from IDEA. Other than that you don't need any special setup.

Call Bundled SBT's Commands in IntelliJ Scala Plugin

I am trying to call gen-android command after installing android-sdk-plugin to the project. However, I can't find out how to call a command of the bundled SBT, or do it outside of IDE.
How do you call commands of a bundled SBT of Scala plugin (v.2.2.0) in IntelliJ (v.15.0.3)? Or, is it possible to use the SBT executable outside IntelliJ?
I can of course use a normal SBT regardless but am just curious if I can do everything using one different SBT inside IDE (because it'd be convenient!)

Eclipse Scala IDE: How to build standalone Scala app?

I am writing an app that uses AnormCypher (Cypher-oriented Scala library for Neo4j Server https://github.com/AnormCypher). I write my code in Eclipse Scala IDE. Using sbteclipse plugin I have imported AnormCypher sbt project into Eclipse. Next I have added it to Java build pass as external project. Everything compiles and works from Eclipse now.
Question: How in Eclipse build a standalone Scala program with all necessary dependencies including external Scala project imported in Eclipse?
Trying to create'executable jar' from Eclipse does not work in this case because to do so Eclipse requests "Select a 'Java Application' launch configuration to use to create a runnable JAR." Alas Eclipse here has no idea about Scala launch configuration.
There is not currently a feature of the Scala IDE.
However, it's easy to write a simple build file for your project using sbt. Once there, you can use one of the numerous available plugins to create a distribution for it. Sbt has its own sbt-assembly and sbt-oneJar to create standalone JARs, and there is twitter's sbt-package-dist, with more varied publishing options.

IntelliJ 404 scala lang

Ok, I need some help in setting up a Scala project with IntelliJ, I have download and installed the project successfully, but i have had issues when it comes to installing the Scala compiler itself, WHen i go to configure a new Scalaa project and choose to set the Scala home, I choose the download Scala option and i get the following error "downloading failed, connection failed with error 404: http://www.scala.lang.org/downloads.distrib/files/scala2.10.0+RC2.tgz" i have tried downloading the things, such as primefaces and jSF through intelij, and they all work fine, any suggestions?
Download Scala manually and just select proper directory in new project window.
http://www.scala-lang.org/download/
You should be using SBT to define and build your project. Among other things, it handles retrieving the Scala compiler and libraries. IDEA is similarly self-contained as far as its Scala plug-in's internal Scala compiler is concerned. By using SBT and IDEA (see below for connecting the two), the only thing not covered is a Scala REPL for use outside of either SBT or IDEA. If you're using a Mac, Homebrew includes a Scala formula. Because SBT retrieves the Scala compiler and libraries for the version of Scala you specified, everything is self-contained.
By far the best way to build and maintain IDEA project definitions for Scala projects is with the sbt-idea plug-in for SBT. Once you install that plug-in, which is trivial, you simply use the gen-idea SBT task it provides. When your dependencies change, you run gen-idea again to update the project.

Eclipse running lift project (project configuration issues)

Trying to get a lift project to run on windows, I've installed maven on my computer, then tried to use
mvn archetype:generate from cmd, then chose the lift basic one , but it always failed on the jetty:run part. Before that, I had to change a lot of the pom.xml file to even get a successful build (since the tutorial I was using was obsolete and it couldn't find the dependencies).
So I've decided to try with the eclipse plugin, thinking it should be easier.
I've installed the maven plugin for eclipse and created a project with the lift archetype.
The project was succesfully created, but I have all kinds of errors in the editor for missing ; and so on (I have scala ide installed on eclipse also and creating a normal scala project works and compiles/runs fine). I have also tried to include the scala-library.jar in the buildpath, with no change.
The odd part is that I can run the cmd and go to the project folder, then run mvn jetty:run and it will actually work (?!) Trying to run in eclipse with jetty:run as goal will give me ClassNotFoundException on the HelloWorld snippet.
So what might be wrong with my settings?
UPDATE: no luck whatsoever, after trying 3 different eclipse versions, installing the maven for scala plugin and following every tutorial I could find. It just simply feels all is outdated on the instructions:
this is how it looks after I include the scala libraries for eclipse on every project (after I create it from an archetype):
is this "mvn archetype:generate" up to date? I don't know if anybody guarantees it will work at all..
Anyway, the default way to at least try Lift and see it working is the following: https://github.com/lift/lift_25_sbt
It uses "Simple Build Tool" instead of maven, but maven should work, too. Also, you can easily read "build.sbt" to get all the dependencies.
Plugins for creating eclipse/intellij project definitions are included. (See the README of the demo project.)
The target to create eclipse project is "eclipse" or "eclipse with-sources=true".
The target to launch the app is "container:start".