| date | accepted | status |
|---|---|---|
August 2024 |
true |
completed |
Proposed by Zainab Ali, Community Representative, 14th May 2024.
The Eclipse Scala IDE integration at https://scala-ide.org/ is no longer maintained. Its last release was in 2018.
However, it is the first search result for "Scala IDE" on prominent search engines, so is arguably the most discoverable IDE for newcomers. This can be seen on duckduckgo.
This results a poor experience for new Scala users.
A deprecation notice sould be added to the Scala IDE website. This should recommend Eclipse users to use Metals. For example:
The Scala IDE project is no longer maintained. The recommended IDE integration for Eclipse is now Metals. Follow [this guide](link-to-guide) to set it up.
A guide for setting up Eclipse with Scala should be added to Metals or the Getting started page.
A noindex mechanism should be added to scala-ide.org to prevent search engines from listing it.
In level of difficulty I estimate the following order (from easiest to hardest):
- Adding a deprecation notice to the Scala IDE website.
- Adding a noindex mechanism to
scala-ide.org. - Adding guidance on Eclipse setup to Metals and the Getting Started page.
It is assumed that the Scala Center has ownership over the Scala IDE project, or contact with the project organizers.
If so, all tasks could be done quickly.