Hi, during the last month I've been using JavaRebel (http://www.zeroturnaround.com/javarebel/) for my GeoServer development. The tool is a class reloader, basically it allows one to change the code and have it automatically reloaded in the running application, without the need to restart it. It really shines when developing with the Wicket UI (how many times have you restarted because of a mismatched wicket:id in the code?), but works fine with most other changes as well.
I warn you, it has some wrinkles with debugging, especially when setting breakpoints (you better re-set them after a reload) and Eclipse will complain quite a bit about the code being out of synch, but you can just tell Eclipse not to show the warning again and the thing becomes workable (thought not perfect). The tool is not open source, but they provide free personal licenses after you gave proof you're actively committing to one or more open source projects. It's also free for a try out of 30 days (but if you intend to use it longer term, ask at least a week before, they take a few days to process the OS license request). Hope this helps Cheers Andrea -- Andrea Aime OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org Expert service straight from the developers. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Register Now for Creativity and Technology (CaT), June 3rd, NYC. CaT is a gathering of tech-side developers & brand creativity professionals. Meet the minds behind Google Creative Lab, Visual Complexity, Processing, & iPhoneDevCamp as they present alongside digital heavyweights like Barbarian Group, R/GA, & Big Spaceship. http://p.sf.net/sfu/creativitycat-com _______________________________________________ Geoserver-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geoserver-devel
