IntelliJ: what difference between "SBT Console" and "SBT Shell"?

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In the IntelliJ I see two tool windows: SBT Console and SBT Shell. What is the difference between these tools?

which version and what platform are you using? – jiayp89 Sep 04 '17 at 08:08 — jiayp89, Sep 04 '17 at 08:08

score 6 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 02 '18 at 02:56

You may have installed both scala and sbt plugins. The newer version of scala plugin has sbt as part of it.

sbt console is the sbt plugin -- click start you will enter into sbt interactive mode.

sbt shell is part of the scala plugin, which is similar to the above mentioned sbt console and can autocomplete commands.

Here is a description: https://blog.jetbrains.com/scala/2017/03/23/scala-plugin-for-intellij-idea-2017-1-cleaner-ui-sbt-shell-repl-worksheet-akka-support-and-more/

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 01 '18 at 21:45

SBT Console plugin is deprecated in favour of IntelliJ Scala Plugin. Deprecation notice states:

JetBrains have recently added support for an SBT console to the IntellIJ Scala Plugin. This is now the recommended way to use SBT within IntellIJ. No new releases of this plugin are planned.

IntelliJ: what difference between "SBT Console" and "SBT Shell"?

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