How to set up Scala Plugin for IntelliJ IDE
Perform the following steps to install Scala Plugin for IntelliJ IDE to develop our Scala-based projects:
- Open IntelliJ IDE:

- Go to
Configure
at the bottom right and click on thePlugins
option available in the drop-down, as shown here:

- This opens the
Plugins
window as shown here:

- Now click on
Install
Jetbrains
plugins
, as shown in the preceding screenshot.
- Next, type the word
Scala
in the search bar to see theScala
Plugin
, as shown here:

- Click on the
Install
button to install Scala Plugin for IntelliJ IDEA. - Now restart IntelliJ IDEA to see that Scala Plugin features.
- After we re-open IntelliJ IDEA, if we try to access
File
|New Project
option, we will seeScala
option inNew Project
window as shown in the following screenshot to create new Scala or Play Framework-based SBT projects:

We can see the Play Framework option only in the IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate Edition. As we are using CE (Community Edition), we cannot see that option.
It's now time to start Scala...