We do the same as Eddie, with 1 exception. Our test server (really only for clients and a good point of reference) runs CruiseControl, I find that this takes care of the hassle of keeping the client/test copy up-to-date. It also allows the developers to have complete freedom in their testing/debugging without disturbing anyone else and more importantly the client.
I do have one question though, I am lucky enough (also unlucky enough) to have web designers for the JSPs and while the original ones are generated by programmers the designers come along after that. In the exploded war approach mentioned by Craig, how do you ensure that the designers work isnt lost and make sure its under source control properly. At the moment this is my major headache, as the designers are not great with technical things and mostly they use Dreamweaver exclusively. Thanks, Corey On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 20:31:02 -0600, Eddie Bush <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Our development servers are essentially our own workstations :-) Our > development/test box we may only deploy to via a web interface. It's not so > terribly convenient considering it's not typically necessary to publish > things unless there's been significant advancement. Oh there's some times > we do some ad-hockery there, sure, but overall there really isn't a need. > We run the exact same server in our box as the dev/test box runs. The only > real purpose to stick it on the test box is for our customers to hit. > > Eddie > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Craig McClanahan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 7:14 PM > Subject: Re: WAR based project layout vs Sun J2SE blueprint layout > > > On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 17:58:20 -0000, McDonnell, Colm (MLIM) > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Have you considered deploying exploded versions of your WAR file in the > >> development environment? > > > > This approach works great for me ... the lack of copying really > > improves turnaround time on redeployments during the development > > cycle. All of the build scripts for the Struts examples are > > instrumented with Tomcat integration for things like this, using the > > custom Ant tasks that Tomcat provides for this purpose. > > > > Craig > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > --- > avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. > Virus Database (VPS): 0448-1, 11/26/2004 > Tested on: 11/29/2004 8:31:03 PM > > > avast! - copyright (c) 2000-2004 ALWIL Software. > http://www.avast.com > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
