On Wed, Apr 18, 2001 at 11:03:01AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I need to debug a servlet running in tomcat. I can do this from the
> command line using jdb; however, so far I have had no luck using
> jde. jde debugging works for me with simpler targets using both jdb
> and jdebug.
I'm debugging with JDEbug in "attach mode" and it seems to work OK
(though I haven't used it extensively yet). I followed the FAQ at
the jde site (Question "How can I debug servlets/JSP with JDEBug?").
So I just modified the debian startup script for Tomcat in order to
include the switches:
-Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,address=5432,server=y,suspend=n -Xdebug
and then I attach the JDEbug debugger to that socket at any time.
Incidentally, I'd like to chime in with the recent praises for jde and
JDEbug. In the company I joined recently, everybody is sold on the
idea that "visual" environments are more productive; in the particular
case of Java, they almost got me convinced (JBuilder is OK). After
using jde for a while, I'm reaffirmed in my view that the equation
"visual==productivity" is just pure BS. As someone said about the
Unix philosophy in general,
``"user-friendlyness" is ambiguous; we make a distinction between
"easy to learn" and "easy to get things done"(once you've learned it)''
JL
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