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Brad Mace
Brad Mace

Reputation: 27886

Launch Grails 3 app from IntelliJ w/ auto-reloading enabled

It looks like IntelliJ's (Ultimate EAP 15) support for Grails 3 is in the early stages yet. If I do Run -> Debug 'Grails:My App', I'm able to launch an app from inside IntelliJ, I can set breakpoints and it works as expected.

If I make changes however, I see in the console that the file is recompiled, but when I hit reload in the browser, I don't see the changes reflected there. I have to stop and restart the app in IntelliJ before I see them. Anyone know how I can get the auto-reloading working?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 419

Answers (1)

Brad Mace
Brad Mace

Reputation: 27886

After chasing this for a week, this post finally provided an explanation.

It's actually a Grails issue, not a problem with IntelliJ's Grails integration: spaces in a file's path will break automatic reloading. Renaming my project from Grails Demo to GrailsDemo got everything straighted out. (Storing a project in a folder like My Documents will also cause trouble.) The post's author indicates that this started with version 2.4.4 and it's still happening for me in 3.0.4.

Upvotes: 5

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