Where is the Groovy/Grails support in NetBeans?

Question

After repeatedly hearing good things about the Grails support in NetBeans and being frustrated by eclipse's lack thereof, I've decided to give it a try, but now said support doesn't seem to exist:

• I've downloaded the bunde containing NetBeans 6.7 along with the latest Java 5 JDK from Sun
• The About box says: NetBeans IDE 6.7 (Build 200906241340)
• But the 'Groovy' category in the New Project wizard described here does not exist.
• The Help docs od NetBeans have a section "Enabling a Java Application to Support Groovy"
• It mentions a Groovy category in the Project Properties which, again, does not exist

So what's wrong here? Is this a stripped-down version of NetBeans? Can I update it?

Answer 1

Download any version of Netbeans 6.7 and Groovy/Grails is either included or easily installed from the Tools->Plugin menu. The chart on the page specifies what is included in each download package.

If Groovy/Grails is not shown on the Installed tab you can install it from the Available Plugins tab. There is a Search box where you can type Groovy to find the plugin. Note the Show Details checkbox will show more plugins in the Installed tab.

Also note one of the advantages of getting a smaller Netbeans build is that it will start faster. It is better to start with the smallest download and add the plugins that you need.