I want to get into Erlang programming, specifically some yaws stuff. (Currently, I use Eclipse for Java development.)
What is the IDE of choice for Erlang development?
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While there are several choices of plugins for NetBeans or Eclipse, the officially recommended IDE is Erlang mode for Emacs
Praveen Angyan
2009-07-10 11:53:09
erlang-mode is being actively developed as "erlware-mode": http://code.google.com/p/erlware-mode/
legoscia
2009-07-10 12:46:55
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Emacs is the IDE of choice. It supports Distel which plugs your editor into a cluster of Erlang Virtual Machines as an Erlang node in its own right (maaan!).
Gordon Guthrie
2009-07-10 13:26:02
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Eclipse does the job just fine for me with the Erlang plugin. If you are already familiar with that through Java development why not simply stick with that?
I have also used JEdit and it performs pretty well.
Both are pretty good at syntax highlighting and have templates for new modules (OTP etc.).
Although I agree that Emacs is the "official" editor of choice you don't have to use it (and learn a whole new editing approach) if you don't want to.
Alan Moore
2009-07-10 13:29:14
thanks. i think i'll start with the plugin until i have my head around the basics, and then switch to emacs when i get to some unknown point.
Stu Thompson
2009-07-14 12:09:13
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If you use Eclipse already, Erlide works nicely. I do think that Emacs with erlware-mode is better, but the learning curve may be a bit steep.
Alexey Romanov
2009-07-10 18:00:13