I have just downloaded and installed IntelliJ IDEA 12 (Ultimate Edition), under Ubuntu, with high hopes that I could cash-in on IJ's tight integration with Scala and the Play Framework.
I have a fully functional install of Play at /home/ryan/play-2.0.4
and from searching around, it seems that all one has to do is perform a play idea
on a play project at the command-line and simply open the project in IntelliJ.
However, if I do this: I can't even verify that the Playframework plug-in is even active/functioning. There is no syntax highlighting in Play config files or templates, absolutely no Playframework options in the pull-down menu. If I right-click the project, choose "Add Framework support ..." and "Play" is not even on the list, I can't just create a new "Play" project from scratch in the IDE either (not sure if that is even supported).
If I click File -> Settings -> Play Configuration
, I have the Home and Working directory set to: /home/ryan/play-2.0.4
. I should note that I am using Play under Eclipse with no issues (except there isn't any Play integration with Eclipse --- hence the reason why I am giving this a try in IJ). If I didn't know any better: I'd declare IJ 12's Play support as a miserable failure, but given all the postings suggesting that play 2.0 integration with IJ 12 is "very easy" - perhaps there is something I am missing?