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?

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.