I used to agree with that... I've been coding J2EE app for two years now, always using this way of working, and considering two distinct processes :
1) Code Authoring, done by the developper, using this "in-place" structuration ; 2) Module Assembling, done by the architect, using ant... But what about testing : can you set an efficient unit testing environment with "in-place" structuration ? Wich steps are necessary to run cactus tests for example ? Do you think your developpers will go through this steps each time they modify code ? With maven, this is a single command operation that build, run tests, deploy... Another point is That "in-place" structuration is impossible for your ejb modules. Sebastien BRUNOT -----Message d'origine----- De : Dave Ford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Envoy� : vendredi 1 ao�t 2003 01:17 � : Maven Users Objet : "In-Place" Web Development How do people do "in-place" web development with Maven? I have been developing web apps "in-place" now for quite some time (pre-maven). By in-place, I mean the following: - My development servlet container (Resin) runs an un-jared web app - My development webapp and the executable webapp are one in the same - Jikes/IntelliJ places class files directly in WEB-INF/classes - My servlet container is setup so that it doesn't cache pages or class files so i never have to restart anything or reload the web app This is super convenient and fast. I can make changes to jsp pages and .java files, press ctrl-F9 in IntelliJ, Alt-Tab to the browser and F5 to see my changed web app. The time between making a change and viewing the change is 1/4 second. I'm used to this. So now, I've set up my web app to work with Maven's war plugin and I have lost the in-place development luxury because I have to run the war:webapp goal every time I want to run my JSP. So, I'm considering ditching what appears to be the standard way of doing webapps with Maven. Q1: Do people actually work this way? That is, copy the entire webapp folder every time they want to test out a small change in a jsp or class? Q2: If not, how do they organize the webapp to do in-place web development but also. Thanks Dave Ford Smart Soft - The Developer Training Company http://www.smart-soft.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]
