Groovy and Grail plugin is missing in Netbeans IDE 9

Question

This is the first time I am trying with Grails. I followed the same post "Why I can't create new grails application in Netbeans 8.2?" I installed Netbeans 9 beta version from https://archive.apache.org/dist/incubator/netbeans/incubating-netbeans-java/incubating-9.0/incubating-netbeans-java-9.0-bin.zip

But for me, Groovy/Grails plugin is not available in the plugin window. How to get grail plugin in my case?

Inexperienced

Answer 1

To use Grails with NetBeans 9.0 you must do the following:

1. Make the Groovy and Grails plugin available.
2. Install the Groovy and Grails plugin.
3. Configure Grails.
4. Create a Grails project.

Here are the details:

Step 1: To make the plugin available:

• Tools > Plugins > click the Settings tab, then click the Add button.

• In the Update Center Customizer dialog:

  • Enter some descriptive value in the Name field, such as: NetBeans 8.2 Plugins

  • Enter https://updates.netbeans.org/netbeans/updates/8.2/uc/final/distribution/catalog.xml.gz in the URL field, and click OK.

Step 2: To install the plugin:

• In the Available Plugins tab select and check the entry for the Groovy and Grails plugin.

• Click the Install button to install the plugin, then restart NetBeans.

Step 3: To configure Grails:

• Tools > Options > Miscellaneous > select the newly added Groovy tab.
• Enter the location of your Grails installation in the Grails Home field, and click OK.

Step 4: To create a Grails project:

• File > New Project > select Groovy from the Categories list.
• Select Grails Application from the Projects list, click Next > and complete the wizard to create your Grails project.

Brickey

As mentioned here: #54327475 the URL should start with https:// – Kenwee

@RadimBača Thanks. I have updated the Update Center Customizer URL to use https instead of http. Both URLs worked for me, but of course using https is preferable. – Brickey

If you are using Netbeans 11 or 12, then you need to uncheck Netbeans Distribution on Settings tab for 11 or 12 version. So that it should pick plugin from 8.2 distribution. – Consciousness