nadeeshaan/plugin-intellij

Ballerina extension for IntelliJ IDEA.

Ballerina plugin for IntelliJ IDEA

The IntelliJ Ballerina plugin provides the Ballerina development capabilities in IntelliJ IDEA. Click on the below links for instructions on how to download, install, and use the features of the IntelliJ plugin.

• Prerequisites
• Installing the plugin
  • Installing via the IntelliJ IDE
  • Installing using the ZIP file
• Using the plugin
  • Creating a new Ballerina project
  • Setting up Ballerina SDK for an existing project
  • Creating a new Ballerina file
• Using the features of the plugin
  • Running Ballerina Programs
  • Debugging Ballerina Programs
  • Sequence Diagram View
  • Import Modules On-the-fly
  • Auto Import Unambiguous Modules
  • Find Usages
  • Go To Definition
  • Formatting
  • Parameter Information
  • Quick Documentation
  • Annotation Fields Suggestions
  • File Templates
  • Live Templates and Code snippets
  • Spell Checking
  • Semantic Analyzing
  • Code Folding
• Developer Guide
  • Testing/Debugging the plugin using IntelliJ

Release Versions Schema

Below you can see the plugin versions that correspond to the versions of the IntelliJ Platform.

Plugin Version	Platform Version Compatibility
0.8.0 - 0.8.2	IntelliJ IDEA 2016.3 - 2016.4
0.8.3 - 0.981.0	IntelliJ IDEA 2016.3 - 2017.2
0.982.0 - 0.991.0	IntelliJ IDEA 2017.3 - 2018.2
0.991.1 - 1.2.1	IntelliJ IDEA 2018.3 - 2019.3
1.2.2 - 1.2.6	IntelliJ IDEA 2018.3+
Swan Lake	IntelliJ IDEA 2019.2+

Useful Links

• Use the ballerina-dev@googlegroups.com mailing list to discuss code changes to the Ballerina project.
• Chat live with us on our Slack channel.