Hi - Trying out Java with Pants for the first time...
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able-advantage-61346
05/08/2024, 8:16 AMHi - Trying out Java with Pants for the first time. Is it a pre-requisite to have Scala code in the project for the BSP integration to work in Intellij? I started with java-only and nothings shows up. The example project works fine, but as soon as I convert the Scala code to Java, it's more or less dead. The docs say the Scala plugin in Intellij speaks to Pants, so maybe it's needed to get it going?
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happy-kitchen-89482
05/09/2024, 8:42 PMI don't think it's a prerequisite to have scala code, but possibly the scala backend needs to be enabled? I'm not sure (cc @witty-crayon-22786, @fast-nail-55400 who might know more)
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witty-crayon-22786
05/09/2024, 8:44 PMThe Scala plugin is needed in IntelliJ yea, at least as of last year. It contains/ed the BSP client. They were working on moving BSP into the core, but not sure what has happened with that.
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fast-nail-55400
05/15/2024, 8:04 PMrelatedly, I discovered the
intellij-bspfast-nail-55400
05/15/2024, 8:04 PMIt seemingly supports JVM and Python (although Pants only supports JVM)
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fast-nail-55400
05/15/2024, 8:07 PMalthough it does not appear to be published on the JetBrains Marketplace yet
fast-nail-55400
05/15/2024, 8:07 PMso it would need to be manually built and installed (and treated as an alpha version)