What is the IDE of choice for Erlang development?

Question

I want to get into Erlang programming, in particular, yaws . (I am currently using Eclipse development for Java.)

What is the IDE of choice for Erlang development?

Answer 1

Although there are several plugin options for NetBeans or Eclipse, the officially recommended IDE Erlang Mode for Emacs

Answer 2

Eclipse works great for me with the Erlang plugin. If you are already familiar with this with Java development, why not just stick with it?

I also used JEdit and it works very well.

Both are pretty good at syntax highlighting and have templates for new modules (OTP, etc.).

Although I agree that Emacs is the "official" editor of choice, you do not need to use it (and learn a new approach to editing) if you do not want to.

Answer 3

Emacs is the IDE of choice. It supports Distel , which connects your editor to an Erlang virtual machine cluster as an Erlang node in its own right (maaan!).

Answer 4

If you are a new emacs user, I think emacs can really kill you :(

I'm trying to erlide (buggy to go to defination, another is good) emacs-erlang mode (very difficult for me), I finally choose sublime text2 for daily development. I suggest you try.

i install the following plugins:

 package control sublime-erlang sublimerl ctags 

which is as good as i expected.

Answer 5

Look for this one:

IntelliJ IDEA + Erlang plugin http://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/index?pr=&pluginId=7083

Answer 6

If you already use Eclipse, Erlide works beautifully. I think Emacs with erlware-mode is better, but the learning curve can be a little steep.