developing servlets with NetBeans

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Andy Fish - 17 Nov 2003 18:34 GMT

Hi,

I am using netbeans 3.5 with the built in tomcat server to develop servlets,
but I am struggling over where to put the java source

It seems the only way you can sensibly debug a servlet with netbeans is to
have the source code all under WEB-INF/classes. This is fine for initial
prototyping but it is not a sensible structure for proper source code
control.

I have tried using the 'link' function which makes a directory appear
somewhere else, but this doesn't seem to work for servlet debugging.

Andy

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Jose Rubio - 27 Nov 2003 05:54 GMT

Check out Eclipse

http://www.eclipse.org

And you can Google for a Tomcat plugin (can't remember the URL) It creates
the Java classes in a WEB-INF/src folder. And it gives you the option to
export to a WAR file without including the source.

Hope it helps,

Jose

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Jazz Jezebel - 28 Nov 2003 19:09 GMT

You can put your source anywhere if you then specify your target directory.
See:
"Specifying a Target Directory for Class Files" in NetBeans HELP.

Note that the Web Module is mounted by default with the alternate view
showing classes at the root - so you can make it the target for compiles.

Julia

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Andy Fish - 04 Dec 2003 10:36 GMT

Hey thanks Julia, that's exactly what I wanted :-))

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