IntelliJ Scala Plugin 2023.2 Is Out!

Improved support for braceless Scala syntax IntelliJ IDEA can now desugar braceless Scala code properly, and it handles refactorings where the “fewer braces” feature is used. It also supports braceless syntax in worksheets and correctly interprets indentation when you move extensions methods up a…

A full-blown IDE is one of the most complicated applications you can find on an average laptop. This is why we – the Scala plugin team at JetBrains – from time to time receive reports that our product lags in certain situations or works slowly in general. In some of these cases we can help, but in o…

This release has been again focused on Scala 3, but there are also quite a few other improvements. Better Scala 3 support In v2022.3, we’ve introduced a large number of upgrades to provide better Scala 3 support. The IDE now supports parameter untupling and quoted patterns, and it features man…

ScalaCon 2022 has come and gone. It started on Tuesday, October 4, and over the course of 4 days, the audience had the chance to enjoy 21 talks and 2 keynotes. JetBrains was a Gold Sponsor of the event, which meant that we, the Scala Plugin team, had the opportunity to participate, present a lightni…

This release has been again focused on improving Scala 3 support, but there are also a few other improvements. Better Scala 3 support As of v.2022.2, IntelliJ IDEA can read match types from .tasty files, properly parse them, resolve type variables, use them as type arguments, support inspectio…

This release has been focused on improving Scala 3 support. There are also several new features to help with day-to-day Scala programming. Let’s take a closer look: 1. Scala 3 support improvements 2. New Scala project wizard 3. Alias exports 4. Unused declaration inspection 5. Scala debugger upgrad…

This release brings more improvements to Scala 3 support. There are also several new features to help with day-to-day Scala programming. Let's take a closer look: 1. Scala 3 support improvements 2. Open cross-compiled projects as Scala 2 3. Data flow analysis for Scala 4. Autocomplete for Scala com…

One of the things IntelliJ IDEA is most famous for is its huge variety of helpful inspections and warnings. They make the lives of programmers significantly easier, frequently showing them errors in logic or style that they wouldn’t have noticed otherwise. Those inspections come in various shapes…

This release has been focused on significantly improving our plugin’s Scala 3 support. There are also several new features, including a Package Search integration and optional compiler-based error highlighting. Better Scala 3 support Indexing of Scala 3 libraries is now fast, precise, and version-ag…

Package Search is a service developed by JetBrains that supports searching for libraries from multiple repositories such as Maven Central, Google Maven, and others. Since its introduction at the end of 2019, the Package Search plugin has made searching for and managing dependencies for Maven and …

With this major version, we've focused primarily on the performance and overall quality of the plugin. We’ve still added a number of new features to help with day-to-day Scala programming. Let's take a closer look. 1. Kinds in type diffs 2. Machine learning completion 3. Phases …