Tara, I set GEOSERVER_DATA_DIR in my Eclipse launch configuration. https://www.seegrid.csiro.au/twiki/bin/view/Infosrvices/GeoserverDevelopmentSetup#Debugging_GeoServer_using_embedd
(that page needs some work) I'm using Eclipse working sets (one each for GS and GT) and maven command-line. On 13/08/10 00:02, Tara Athan wrote: > Thanks! OK, I've got this mostly working with two workspaces, except I > don't see instructions on how to use Start.java with a different data > directory - is that possible? It doesn't seem to be recognising my > GEOSERVER_DATA_DIR environment variable. > > Also, has anyone had success with any maven-eclipse plugin, or is it > better to stick to the command line ( one console for geoserver, one for > geotools ... I think I need a second monitor...) > > Tara > > Andrea Aime wrote: >> Justin Deoliveira ha scritto: >>> Hi Tara, >>> >>> Unfortunately this is the way it is usually done. Some developers in >>> the past i believe have set up eclipse workspaces that have both >>> geoserver and geotools in them bypassing maven. But i usually go >>> through maven dependencies. >> >> So do I. I've tried to setup a single set of interconnected projects, >> but unfortunately that does not work: in Eclipse the test dependencies >> of a project are inherited from the dependent projects as well, and >> there are some geotools specific test dependencies that do break >> the GeoServer own tests, making development sort of impossible. >> >>> A workflow that works well for me is: >>> >>> * have two eclipse workspaces going at once, once for geotools and >>> once for geoserver >>> * make a geotoosl change >>> * compile only teh necessary modules (-DskipTests is your friend here) >>> * refresh your geoserver workspace >>> * restart geoserver via Start.java >>> >>> I find it is not too tedious once you get used to it. >> >> I have a variant of this setup where I have just one Eclipse instance >> going and two project groups, one of geotools, and for geoserver, >> open in the same workspace. Which yeah, means you have more than 100 >> projects open in a single Eclipse instance >> >> Cheers >> Andrea >> >> > > -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben.caradoc-dav...@csiro.au> Software Engineering Team Leader CSIRO Earth Science and Resource Engineering Australian Resources Research Centre ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Make an app they can't live without Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge http://p.sf.net/sfu/RIM-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Geoserver-devel mailing list Geoserver-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geoserver-devel
