Using IntelliJ IDE and Lua Programming Language to make Corona Applications

Question

I have successfully installed:

1) IntelliJ IDEA 10.0.3 with Lua Plugin 2) Corona SDK 3) Corona API for IntelliJ

I can now use autocompletion features of Lua and Corona using IntelliJ IDEA

Now my problem is :

When I try to run a sample main.lua script file using IntelliJ IDEA, i get this error

"C:\Program Files\Lua\5.1\lua.exe" C:/Users/mshahab/IdeaProjects/TestOne/main.lua
C:\Program Files\Lua\5.1\lua.exe: C:/Users/mshahab/IdeaProjects/TestOne/main.lua:1: attempt to index global 'display' (a nil value)
stack traceback:
    C:/Users/mshahab/IdeaProjects/TestOne/main.lua:1: in main chunk
    [C]: ?

Process finished with exit code 1

And when I run it (main.lua file) manually using the Corona Simulator it works fine. I am not sure what am I missing here ? Any pointers would be great :) Thanks

I am attaching the screenshot too

Answer 1

There is a good blog post that explains the setup

http://producerism.com/blog/how-to-develop-in-corona-sdk-on-windows/