Lomboz plugin is free, and does have some useful features, including automatic deployment and elemantary syntax coloring (when I last used it in December). The syntax coloring was pretty rudimentary and the error message reporting by it's compiler was quite inadequate. Debugging - breakpoints in JSP source- are/were not possible. Also, there was a tab for the corresponding Servlet source, but it was pretty much readonly.
MyEclipseIDE is not free, but fairly priced (about $30), and also has a 30-day eval. I found it to be an answer to nearly all my problems! It supports elegant syntax coloring, choice of JSP comilers, in-source debugging (you can actually step through the JSP page directly), automatic deployment (war/exploded-war choices available) to a number of servers (Apache/WebLogic/JBoss) to name a few. The only - and for me, a major - problem was that it broke my JBoss IDE (plugin), which was more important for me that all the goodies in MyEclipseIDE. Again, haven't tried it since January, and the problem may have been fixed since then. Hope this helps. Regards, Murali Krishna Devarakonda BBC Technology www.BBCTechnology.com =========================================================================== To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "signoff JSP-INTEREST". For digest: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "set JSP-INTEREST DIGEST". Some relevant archives, FAQs and Forums on JSPs can be found at: http://java.sun.com/products/jsp http://archives.java.sun.com/jsp-interest.html http://forums.java.sun.com http://www.jspinsider.com
