On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 5:43 AM, lam <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
> Can someone please explain what the difference is between the port and
> codeServerPort is in DevMode. I cannot find any clear documentation.
> What is a code sever? How is it different from the embedded web
> server? Why do each of them need a specific TCP port?
> Thank you


The regular embedded web server in DevMode is Jetty, and it serves up your
resources (html, css, images, etc..) and handles servlet requests. The code
server is what the dev mode plugin talks to in order to run your GWT code in
the Java VM.

This diagram might help:
http://code.google.com/webtoolkit/doc/latest/DevGuideCompilingAndDebugging.html#DevGuideDevMode


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Chris Conroy
Software Engineer
Google, Atlanta

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