Monday, December 14, 2009

IntelliJ's IDEA Java/Groovy/Ruby/PHP/etc. IDE is considered by many to be the best IDE for Java/Groovy, there is a free version.

  • Download and install IntelliJ's IDEA v9.0+ CE from here.

  • Download the latest AribaWeb plugin for IDEA here.

    • md aribaweb\lib in IDEA's plugin directory

    • copy or move the plugin JAR into the above directory

  • Create a new AribaWeb project i.e. type aw and follow the prompts (e.g. see this video)

  • Launch IDEA at the end i.e. MyFirstApp.ipr

    • You'll be prompted to tell IDEA where AribaWeb lives

    • Point it to wherever you installed AiribaWeb

    • Adjust the Ant version to be used for your project after watching this video

    • You can adjust the JDK used by IDEA for your project under File | Project Structure | Project (aka General Settings for Project 'Whatever')

  • BTW, there's a little more info. here, including how to install the Eclipse plugin