Installing the Fantom Netbeans IDE
You can either install as a plugin to an existing Netbeans installation, or standalone.
Standalone Install
Make sure you have Java 1.5 or newer installed to be able to run the IDE.
- For Linux/Unix/Windows, download:
http://www.colar.net/fantomide/ - For OSX:
http://www.colar.net/fantomide/ Extract at a location of your choice, and then run bin/fantomide (bin/fantomide.exe on windows).
Once the IDE is up go to tools/options/miscellaneous/fantom options and set the path to your fantom install (fantom home).
You can now open existing projects (folders with a build.fan in them) and add fan files & edit/run them.
See the demo to get started.
Report issues on the help page.
Install as a plugin to an existing Netbeans Installation
Option 1 : Update center(Manual)
This is the most up-to-date version (More so than the Update center) and is recommended option right now.
You need at least Netbeans 6.8.
- Open Netbeans
- Go to tools / plugins
- Go to settings tab (List of update centers), click "Add"
- Add -> Name: Fantom
Url for nb 6.9: http://www.colar.net/fantomide/plugin/6.9/updates.xml
Url for nb 6.8: http://www.colar.net/fantomide/plugin/6.8/updates.xml
- Press OK to save it
- Go to "Available plugins" Tab (sort by Name)
- Select the checkbox next to "Fantom"
- Click "Install"
- Follow the wizzrad (Next/Install), ignore the "Not trusted" warning (Continue)
- Click Finish and close the plugins panel.
- Restart Netbeans
Option 2 : Netbeans Update Center
Fantom is now available on the main Netbeans Update center, so installation is as easy as:
- Start Netbeans and go to tools/plugins/Available plugins
- Select "Fantom" and click Install
- Restart Netbeans once installed.
This is the simplest method, however right now the Fantom plugin is changing a lot and the officila Netbeans repository can be lagging by ~10 days.
Option 3 : Manual install
Download the Fantom plugin (.nbm file) here:
- For Netbeans 6.9: http://www.colar.net/fantomide/plugin/6.9/
- For Netbeans 6.8: http://www.colar.net/fantomide/plugin/6.8/
Ans save them on your machine.
You need at least Netbeans 6.8.
- Open Netbeans
- Go to tools / plugins
- In plugin panel, go to "Dowloaded"
- click "Add Plugins"
- Add nbxx-net-colar-netbeans-fan.nbm
- Now you should see all the Fantom plugin nbm files listed in the "Installed" tab.
- click "Install"
- Click next, accept the license (Artistic License), click install, click continue.
- click finish and close the Plugins window.
- Restart Netbeans
Fantom support is now installed!
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Title: Questions about fantom plugin
First of all: thanks for your efforts, i am using the plugin for several days now and it works great. However i have a few questions about missing features:
1) Auto indent is not working. Is this a bug or missing feature?
2) It would be great to be able to run fantom tests from NB, just like the Java ones (ctrl-f6)
3) Is a file type Fantom test planned? (create -> new -> Fantom test. Then the test file is created from a template and stored in the test directory)
Regards,
Ronald