Quickly: For a simple project why not, but as soon as you have multiple project (store / business / dao / webapp ) or if you have some dependencies maven dependencies management is a real plus.
WTP integration As it also provide versioning / deployment for your artifact. But this can be quite hard to make all work together ... (eclipse plugins ...). On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 4:25 PM, alex.d <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Imho, maven is overdesigned if you don't have junit tests and other > stuff. Ant is more than enough for just creating a war file(i do it > with one button-click in eclipse). The only manual step is to copy it > to your webapps-folder on the server ;-) > > On 27 Nov., 14:02, "olivier nouguier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> It does all ;) >> From GWT compilation, junit coverage, packaging ... very easily once >> you've made the effort . >> But I agree that it's quite complex. >> >> As an example, you can look athttp://code.google.com/p/net-orcades-spring/ >> It's maven driven, and quite functional, but It's my very personal >> opinion (about my work :) >> >> >> >> On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 12:11 PM, Lonifasiko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > What does Maven better than Ant? I've heard Maven is quite large and >> > complex... >> >> > On 27 nov, 11:39, "olivier nouguier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > wrote: >> >> IMHO you should look at maven for doing this "hellish job" >> >> >> On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 11:19 AM, Lonifasiko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> > Hi, >> >> >> > We're also evaluating the possibility of using an architecture >> >> > composed by GWT + Servlets + MySQL. I thought it was going to exist >> >> > another option to communicate GWT more directly with MySQL, but seems >> >> > like a combination of GWT-RPC and servlets is one of the best ways to >> >> > achieve this interaction with DB. >> >> >> > In our test project, instead of Tomcat, we're using JBoss to deploy >> >> > all the application, both client side code and server-side code, >> >> > packaged into a unique .war file. At the moment must admit we're also >> >> > copying files and generating the .war package each time manually, but >> >> > I've also decided, based on other comments in the group, to use an ANT >> >> > script to automatize this hellish task, sure it saves me very much >> >> > time and problems. >> >> >> > By the way, do you see any advantages/disadvantages of using JBoss AS >> >> > to host the whole application? Why did you choose for example Tomcat? >> >> >> > Thanks and regards. >> >> >> > Miguel >> >> > Blog:http://lonifasiko.blogspot.com >> >> >> > On 27 nov, 02:25, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> > wrote: >> >> >> For automating the deployment (instead of manually copying) ant is the >> >> >> only way to go. I've heard stories that Maven is even easier, but we >> >> >> haven't jumped onto that band wagon (yet). When we build with no >> >> >> server, we have an ant build file that does all that, and then deploys >> >> >> to our external server. We do it old school and jump out to the file >> >> >> system and run via command line, but I've done from inside Eclipse as >> >> >> well. >> >> >> >> On Nov 26, 5:39 pm, DanielC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> >> > Hi guys, >> >> >> >> > I'm developing a project with GWT + Servlets + MySQL. At this point, >> >> >> > I've got the project setup using the "-noserver" flag and I have >> >> >> > Connector/J configured on an external Tomcat 6 server so that my >> >> >> > servlets can access the DB. Communication to/from server is through >> >> >> > GWT-RPC . >> >> >> >> > My Problem: This is a bit of a pain b/c anytime I make a change to >> >> >> > the >> >> >> > servlet code (which resides in the same Eclipse project as my GWT >> >> >> > code...and I'd prefer to keep it this way), I have to copy the >> >> >> > *.class >> >> >> > file (for the servlet) over to the >> >> >> > CATALINA_HOME/webapps/myproject/WEB- >> >> >> > INF/classes/blahblahblah folder. >> >> >> >> > This seems extremely manual and I'm hopeful that there's a better way >> >> >> > to do it. What is the recommended way of doing this type of >> >> >> > development? Ideally, I'd it would just pickup the changes to both >> >> >> > the >> >> >> > client and server code as it used to when I was working in hosted >> >> >> > mode. Unfortunately, I couldn't figure out how to get MySQL and >> >> >> > Connector/J setup in the integrated Tomcat, so I went with the "- >> >> >> > noserver" option and configured it with an external instance of >> >> >> > Tomcat >> >> >> > instead. This manual copying crap is starting to get super annoying, >> >> >> > so I'm reaching out for help. >> >> >> >> > What's the best practices for this? >> >> >> -- >> >> Si l'ignorance peut servir de consolation, elle n'en est pas moins >> >> illusoire. >> >> > -- >> > Miguel >> > Blog:http://lonifasiko.blogspot.com >> >> -- >> Si l'ignorance peut servir de consolation, elle n'en est pas moins illusoire. > > > -- Si l'ignorance peut servir de consolation, elle n'en est pas moins illusoire. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Web Toolkit" group. 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