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Re:Get up to 50% OFF JetBrains Tools and Support a Good Cause by xtrumanx on Monday April 15, 2013 @11:07AM (#5551860)
Unfortunately, the Play framework plugin is only for the Ultimate edition (last time I checked).

I'm currently working my way through the Functional Programming in Scala course on Coursera using Eclipse. I'm not sure if I would make use of IDEA for now which is why I'm unsure whether to buy it or save myself $70 and get WebStorm only. Plus I think WebStorm currently supports TypeScript better than IDEA but that could change with an update.

I'll definitely pay the $99 if they throw in WebStorm. Is that something you've heard JetBrains has done in the past?

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Re:Get up to 50% OFF JetBrains Tools and Support a Good Cause by tomku on Monday April 15, 2013 @05:51PM (#5554653)
Honestly, for that class it probably doesn't matter much as it's focusing more on functional programming theory than anything complex in terms of application structure or environment. I did it in Eclipse when I took the first iteration of the course, and I didn't really have much trouble. Unless they've added alternate project files, you'd probably have to convert the worksheets and projects to the IDEA format, and that'd be a bit of a hassle.

That said, for general use I really like the Scala support in IDEA. I'd suggest playing around with the free version a bit - as you mention, Play support is only in Ultimate, but the Scala plugin itself works fine in Community. You can get a feel for how IDEA manages projects, handles debugging, that kind of thing.

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