Setting up scala with IntelliJ

Question

I have Intellij ultimate 11.1, with the scala plugin installed.

I installed scala 2.9.2 using homebrew, which put scala in:

/usr/local/Cellar/scala/2         


        

Answer 1

Updated for Intellij 11.1.5

Here's a step by step for any of those who are trying to get Scala in IntelliJ up and running.

Download Scala Plugin

IntelliJ > Preferences > Plugins > Browse Repositories... > Scala Click Ok and allow IntelliJ to restart

Download Scala

In Terminal enter

brew install scala --with-docs

Setup symbolic links for IntelliJ discovery process

ln -s /usr/local/Cellar/scala//libexec/src /usr/local/Cellar/scala//src
ln -s /usr/local/Cellar/scala//libexec/lib /usr/local/Cellar/scala//lib
mkdir -p /usr/local/Cellar/scala//doc/scala-devel-docs
ln -s /usr/local/Cellar/scala//share/doc/scala /usr/local/Cellar/scala//doc/scala-devel-docs/api

Create Project in IntelliJ

Here you are going to create a Java project from scratch as you normally would. However, in the last step, you will select Scala in the "Technologies" page.

In the Use Scala Distribution enter /usr/local/Cellar/scala/

In the Compiler dropdown select scala-compiler

Click Ok and you are ready to create your first Scala object

For reference -> http://scalacookbook.blogspot.com/2012/09/scala-for-intellij.html