Play Framework with IntelliJ Community Edition 14

Question

I have not managed to compile/debug etc. the current Play Framework (2.3.7) with the Community Edition 14 of IntelliJ. Neither by importing the project, nor by using gen-idea .

Is there any way to get it run or is there just no way to use it ? Paying > 400 bucks for just this feature is simply too much.

Thanks.

Answer 1

Usually I compile and run through console: activator -> compile/run, but you can compile in Intellij too by running Build -> Make Project, but I never tried running Play in Intellij though.

And for debugging, I run command activator -jvm-debug 9999 run as said in documentation. Then I set up remote debug configuration in Intellij.