Erlang

Key Features

• Intelligent Editor for Erlang with syntax and error highlighting, code completion and inspections

• Code Navigation: file structure view, TODOs and bookmarks, easy ways to jump between files, modules, functions and usages, as well as code errors and warnings

• Dedicated Debugger for Erlang programs

• Integrated Tools and Frameworks: support for Eunit and Rebar

• VCS Integration: out-of-the-box support for Subversion, Git and Mercurial

• Cross-platform: works on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux

In this section

• Prerequisites and Initial Configuration

• Start with a Project

• Compile, Run and Debug

• Run EUnit Tests

Recognized File Types

IntelliJ IDEA provides full range of coding assistance for recognized Erlang files:

Icon	File extension	Description
	*.erl	Generic Erlang files
	*.app.src	Dynamic application settings
	*_app.erl	Application module
	*_sup.erl	Supervisor module
	*_fsm.erl	Generic Finite State Machine (gen_fsm) module
	*.erl	EUnit tests

Related IntelliJ IDEA settings

Settings / Preferences Ctrl+Alt+S | Erlang External Tools

Settings / Preferences Ctrl+Alt+S | Build, Execution, Deployment | Compiler | Erlang Compiler

Settings / Preferences Ctrl+Alt+S | Editor | Code Style | Erlang

Settings / Preferences Ctrl+Alt+S | Editor | Inspections

Settings / Preferences Ctrl+Alt+S | Keymap

Settings / Preferences Ctrl+Alt+S | Editor | Live Templates

Settings / Preferences Ctrl+Alt+S | Editor | File and Code Templates

Learn Erlang

If you are looking to learn Erlang, start with the following resources:

• Official Erlang user guide

• ' Learn You Some Erlang for Great Good tutorial by Fred Hebert.

Feedback

Your feedback about Erlang support in IntelliJ IDEA is always welcome on the plugin's GitHub repository page and JetBrains issue tracker.