Play Framework create IntelliJ Project

My IDE of choice these days is IntelliJ.  Fortunately for me the Play tool can quickly add the files to a Web App to make it an IntelliJ project.

This article assumes you have already created a Web App using the Play command line tool.

If you are unfamiliar with setting up the Play Framework and creating your first Hello World using the play command you can look at this post I made http://www.whiteboardcoder.com/2013/08/scala-play-hello-world.html [1]

From the Web App folder run the following command

> play idea

  

Open the Project in IntelliJ

If the Web App is not running start it up, from the Web App folder run

> play -Dhttp.port=80 ~run

Edit the Web App in some way in IntelliJ

 

For me I was using a simple HelloWorld Application. So I opened

 Application.scala in the app -- > Controllers folder for editing.

And changed the text output to "Latest Change" and saved it.

The Web App will recompile automatically.

Refresh the Web App and you should see the Text Change.

Eclipse

I won't go into great detail here but you can alternatively create an eclipse project.   The Play command tool can create IntelliJ projects or Eclipse.

> play eclipse

References

[1]  Scala Play Hello World

       http://www.whiteboardcoder.com/2013/08/scala-play-hello-world.html

       Visited 8/2013