The Scalide Project

It can be overwhelming learning a new programming language with as many features as Scala. There are so many different things to try and explore. Often times, before writing code in a file, then compiling it, then trying again, it would be nice to rapidly prototype solutions. A command line interface such as the one that ships with the Scala distribution is very helpful for trying out simple ideas, however it can become cumbersome using a command line interface to edit/evaluate multi-line blocks of code. Enter Scalide.

Scalide is a Swing Based read-eval-print loop (REPL) / interactive toplevel / interpreter for the Scala programming language. Whatever name you choose the result is the same: It lets the budding programmer arbitrarily divide their code into cells that can be evaluated (using Shift + Enter or a menu drop-down) independently of each other. This affords the programmer the ability to gradually build up a program one piece at a time. Giving the programmer the immediate feedback they need when they are not yet well enough versed with the syntax and features of Scala to know if their code is correct.

Lastest Release:

March 20, 2009 using Scala 2.7.3 Final (it's included in the runnable jar available from the download page.)

Help

Please consult the home wiki page for more information: Home

Screenshot