Configuring IntelliJ IDEA for PlayFramework 2.0 Beta

So this is what you'll have to do to get a play 2.0 beta JAVA app running.


Create a new project using play new sampleTest

in this example, it would be
$APP=/home/domdorn/work/play/

and I have play 2.0 beta installed in

$PLAY=/home/domdorn/work/playframework/play-2.0-beta

In IDEA, create a new project and select "Create Java Project from
existing sources"

  and click next until the window disappears.

next, open up the module settings and configure it like here
Source folders:
$APP/app

then add a new library  
with the following paths

JAR-Directories
$PLAY/framework/sbt/boot/scala-2.9.1/play/play/2.0-beta/
$PLAY/framework/sbt/boot/scala-2.9.1/lib/

Source-Folders:
$PLAY/framework/play/src/main/java/


For the module

then add another dependency (single entry library)
(you might have to compile your play app first using play compile)
and configure it like in this screenshot
- $APP/target/scala-2.9.1/classes
- $APP/target/scala-2.9.1/classes-managed  voila, you can now develop with play 2.0 in your favorite IDEa ;)


I hope this helps some of you! p.s.: on the Play Framework Mailing list, Francisco Canedo mentioned to instead of manually configuring IDEA you should integrate with the IDEA SBT Plugin. See this thread for further information.