IDE broken after plugin installation

[Andreas Wölfl]

Problem: The installation of the illuminated cloud plugin breaks the IDE. A click on the "create new project" button shows no reaction. An attempt to open a existing (java) project results in an error message (see screenshot attached).

How to reproduce: Install the illuminated cloud plugin from the repository in IntelliJ IDEA

IDE: IntelliJ IDEA 14.1.4 Ultimate

Plugin: ver 1.5.0.0-idea14, updated 8/28/15

edit:Logfile attached, says: Unsupported major.minor version 51.0 [Plugin: com.illuminatedcloud.intellij]

[Scott Wells]

Hi, Andreas. The plugin is compiled with Java 7 and IntelliJ IDEA runs under Java 6 by default on the Mac, hence the "Unsupported major.minor version 51.0" error. To resolve this issue, just make sure that IntelliJ IDEA is running under Java 7 or higher using the instructions here:

https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/hc/en-us/articles/206827547-Selecting-the-JDK-version-the-IDE-will-run-under

Let me know if that doesn't take care of it!

[Andreas Wölfl]

Hi Scott,

thanks for your quick and helpful response. Switching to Java 7 resolves the issue in deed. The only drawback is the awful font rendering in IntelliJ IDEA with Oracle Java 7 on OSX. However, i gladly accept this issue with regard to the huge productivity gain of illuminated cloud compared to forceIDE etc.

br,

Andy

edit: IntellJ IDEA 15 EAP comes with a custom Java 8 JDK that resolves the font rendering issue.

[Scott Wells]

Glad to hear! I've found some small issues in IDEA 15 that I still need to resolve, in particular around static resources. I'll be concentrating on knocking those down as we get closer to its official release. Hope you enjoy the plugin!

[Scott Wells]

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