I tried switching from JBuilder to NetBeans but found NetBeans too slow - on a 400Mhz XEON with 512MB RAM. I've switched back to JBuilder Personal. The JB 6.0 release now installs easily on Redhat 7.2 (unlike the 5.0 release, which I never got working). NetBeans has more functionality than the free version of JB (Personal - used to be Foundation), but the speed difference is too much for me to ignore. I'm planning to try NB again with their 3.4 version.
--- Keith Bacon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't use a proper IDE, I'm waiting till it's > clear they are very good & I > can get a fast response time. So some of what I said > was in ignorance, but also many people don't > use IDE's yet. > I don't have time to keep trying them out - last > year I tried, they clearly needed a monster > computer to run. > Is netbeans the best IDE? > Are you happy with it? > What sized machine to run on? > Keith. > > > > --- Sandeep Takhar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am not sure what is implied by the below > messages: > > > > Using netbeans I am able to > > > > debug servlets > > debug jsp's (a little buggy but it works) > > debug action classes and form classes. > > > > I am not sure if this all works remotely or not. > > > > logging is always a good idea. > > > > Sandeep > > --- "Kilmer, Erich" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > Hi Keith, > > > Thanks for your reply. > > > I do use already many of the techniques listed > in > > > your email as well as > > > log4j. > > > I do not have any problem catching errors in > form > > > and actions classes. > > > I do have problem finding errors that come out > of > > > the html tags in JSPs. > > > If there is a bad mapping and an html:form's > action > > > point to the mapping > > > with a problem I do not see any errors in any of > the > > > logs. I have modified > > > my error.jsp in hopes of seeing more but so far > > > nothing. > > > If I have better luck with this I will let the > group > > > know. > > > Developing in Struts would be much faster if > there > > > was a way to diagnose > > > such problems. > > > Erich > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Keith Bacon > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 8:54 AM > > > To: Struts Users Mailing List > > > Subject: Re: Question on Struts debugging - one > more > > > time > > > > > > > > > I've not had better luck. I think it's the way > it > > > is. > > > Here's how I do it - I'd like to know how others > do. > > > > > > I use hundreds of log messages so I can trace > the > > > flow of my program. I make > > > the method calls for > > > logging easy to type - dbmd("a debug msg") or > > > dbmw("warning message"). > > > I code traces into action classes from the > start. to > > > show the perform method > > > starting & ending so > > > a dud struts config is found because the Action > i > > > expect to run doesn't log > > > it's start. > > > I check for null pointers all over the place & > log a > > > warning or throw an > > > exception for them. > > > I constantly restart the server (tomcat 3.2.2) > to > > > make weird problems go > > > away. > > > Auto class reloading doesn't work properly so - > I > > > restart after every > > > compile. > > > > > > I use these 3 methods in jsp's & Action classes > a > > > lot, to check the contents > > > of the session & > > > request - this finds things left in the session > by > > > mistake. > > > public static void > > > printSessionAttributeNames(String caller, > > > HttpSession session) { > > > public static void > > > printRequestAttributeNames(String caller, > > > HttpServletRequest request) { > > > public static void > printRequestParameters(String > > > caller, > > > HttpServletRequest request) { > > > I've attached the code for them, someone may > find > > > them useful - the codes a > > > bit dodgy & old but > > > it's easy to understand. > > > > > > I have my own logging code (from old servlet > > > programming) but I want to use > > > log4j (one day!) - You > > > really need to be able to switch trace messages > > > on/off without re-compiling > > > classes or restarting > > > the server. > > > > > > Only when it's quite reliable do I remove the > > > messages. Often I just comment > > > the mesages out in > > > expectation it will go wrong in future. > > > > > > All in all a bit primitive compared to some > > > (non-web) environments I've > > > worked in. we're in the > > > early days - things will get easier. We'll get > > > informative/instructive > > > messages that tell us what > > > to do to put it right & we'll be able to step > thru > > > our action classes in the > > > debugger. > > > > > > Happy bug hunting! - Keith > > > > > > > > > --- "Kilmer, Erich" > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Thought I would give this one more try. Has > anyone > > > had better luck with > > > > debugging problems caused by say bad action > > > mappings, ie: mis-named action > > > > classes, missing action forms etc. Currently > when > > > these problems are > > > > encountered I see no useful error messages in > any > > > of my logs (even when > > > > debug is set to 2). > > > > Is this just the way that it is or have I > failed > > > to do something? > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Erich > > > > > > > > Sent previously: > > > > > > > > I have been using Struts for some time now. My > > > app's Struts config file > > > has > > > > almost 50 action mappings so I have been down > this > > > road a time or two. > > > > Many times when adding a new mapping I run > into > > > errors though. For example > > > > the latest on was where the mapping listed an > > > action class called > > > something > > > > like UserCreateAction (package removed). But > when > > > I wrote the class itself > > > I > > > > named it UserAddAction. > > > > Now when I built the app and moved to the > Orion > > > apps server and ran it > > > when > > > > I get to the JSP that references this action > > > mapping I get a null > === message truncated === __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
