We've just released Scala Plugin 1.3! If you haven't been following the recent EAP, here's what this new update has to offer: Debugger improvements Variables from the outer scopes are visible in the Variables tab now: there is no need to evaluate expressions or step through frames anymore. Step into action now works in a more natural way for lambda expressions, methods implemented in traits, default arguments, specialization methods, etc. Support for Monocle Unused imports inspections are now aware about the implicit parameters in the implicit conversions for extension method

Winter is coming, and we brace ourselves with the new features for Scala developers, so check out the new Scala Plugin 1.2 for IntelliJ IDEA 14 (if you haven't done so yet.) One of the notable improvements it brings is the Ahead-of-time Code Completion, a brand new type of code completion that suggests variable and parameter names along with their types based on the classes available in a context: More details on how this works can be found in the corresponding EAP announcement. Another important thing is that you can now switch between EAP (Early Access Program) and Release updat

With the just published Scala Plugin 1.2 RC build, we're happy to pioneer a new kind of coding assistance, which we like to call "ahead of time" (AOT) code completion. Have you ever noticed that unlike Java, in Scala we have to spend more time actually typing all the parameter and variable names? In Java we can always do this: automatically complete a type reference, then automatically complete a corresponding parameter or variable name. Which is very quick and really convenient. Unfortunately, this won't do in Scala directly because of these reasons: order of variable type and

Good news for everyone who's already tried IntelliJ IDEA 14 with updated Scala plugin. Today we've released its upcoming 1.1 EAP build. One of the notable changes is the simplified configuration of the Scala plugin update channel via Settings → Languages & Frameworks →  Scala → Misc: Before you can start using these new update channel settings you'll need to install the 1.1.362 EAP build from Scala plugin EAP page or by specifying the new EAP repository URL in Settings → Plugins → Browse repositories → Manage repositories. For the complete list of changes see Release Notes.

Following IntelliJ IDEA 14 RC that has been released a couple of days ago, we're publishing a Scala plugin update for it. In this post you will find what's new in this build: Scala plugin project migrates to SBT First of all, Scala plugin project itself now uses SBT for build and dependency management. This is good in a number of ways, one of which is that the SBT task that comes with the project will let you download a correct version of IntelliJ IDEA as a dependency. Rethinking the project configuration model Another change is that we've finally decided to get rid of the Scala fa

New IntelliJ IDEA 14 EAP is already available, and we just released the new Scala plugin for it. You can get the latest update via Settings → Plugins. Here’s a brief overview of what’s new in this version: Parameter info for infix method calls Java to Scala converter fixes Error highlighting fixes Type variable in patterns support Performance improvements for big "for expressions" New inspection: explicit type for implicit functions New inspection: detect useless expressions Change signature for constructors For the complete list of changes, refer to the Release Not

We're excited to tell you that we've just started the Scala plugin EAP for IntelliJ IDEA 14, so if you're running an IntelliJ IDEA 14 EAP build, you can install the new Scala plugin via Settings → Plugins. Here’s what the new Scala plugin brings you. (more…)