IntelliJ IDEA lets you launch a Groovy shell
for Groovy projects and Grails applications to evaluate Groovy expressions,define classes and run simple experiments.
Before you launch a Groovy shell, make sure that the Groovy 2.2 library version is downloaded.
In this section:
- On the main menu, choose .
- If your project consists of two modules or more, choose the module to use the classpath of:
The Groovy shell starts in a separate tab of the Run tool window:
- Type code in the console after the prompt character, or just paste from the editor tab.
Note that coding assistance is available, as you type (code completion and error highlighting):
- Click
, or press Ctrl+Enter to execute the entered code. - To start a new line, press Enter.
- Use up and down arrow keys to navigate through the history of commands. Depth of the history is defined by the Console commands history size in the Editor settings.
- Use the basic and advanced editor shortcuts. In particular, you can jump to declaration of a symbol, if you place the caret at the symbol name, and press Ctrl+B, Ctrl+Button1 Click or Button2 Click. Alternatively, keep the Ctrl key pressed, and hover your mouse pointer over the reference to a symbol. So doing, brief information appears at the tooltip, and the reference turns to a hyperlink, which allows you to jump to the declaration in the source code.