Thanks Doug. For the tomcat plugin, Im presumming your referring to the Sysdeo tomcat plugin. I also have that installed in eclipse and use it to start & stop tomcat. Can you list down the flow of how you would make a change in your webapp and deploy it when actively developing? For example, this is what Im doing.
1) Make a change in eclipse 2) Using the Systedo tomcat plugin in eclipse, start tomcat 3) Open command prompt, execute maven tomcat:install 4) Test out change in browser. 5) Make a change in eclipse again if I want to 6) In command prompt, execute maven tomcat:reload 7) Test out change in browser. Also, Im trying to setup something similar to what you had done with the multiproject. But to use multiproject in eclipse, I would have to create one root project and create 4 subprojects within that project. I dont really want to do that as I still want to have separate projects within eclipse which means I will opt not to use multiproject. Can someone show me an example of an eclipse EAR project that uses maven to build the dependencies on the projects within eclipse? Thanks. Jade --- Doug Douglass <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jade, > > We used to use MyEclipse but have let our > subscriptions lapse on > purpose. In general, I think MyEclipse is a decent > set of features for > the $$$, though the XML editor seemed a bit buggy. > We have found we can > do more with less (maven, mavenide, Tomcat plugin, > etc) as you seem to > have found. While at first the MyEclipse "way" of > allowing editting of > webapp content (e.g., jsp, etc) in place seems a > time saver, it presumes > there is no build process for any of that content. > This quickly turned > out not to be the case on the project we purchased > the subscriptions > for, which led to a very awkward build/deploy > process that we, > unfortunately, had to expose to our customer. Toward > the end of that > project, I switched to maven for the build > (multiproject with 4 > interrelated subprojects) and have never looked > back. > > Yes, during development with Eclipse I almost always > have a command > prompt up for running maven goals. It's what I'm > used to doing > > I have not used the tomcat plugin for Maven, only > the one for Eclipse > and it seems to work fine. > > HTH, > Doug > > jk jk wrote: > > >Hi all, > > > >Im getting setup to use Maven on a new project and > >would like to know the best approach in > intergrating > >Maven with development, specifically using Eclipse > (w/ > >MyEclipse plugin). Its usually a preference thing, > >but any feedback would assist me. > > > >After working with Maven goals on Eclipse as > opposed > >to command prompt, I find it faster to use the > command > >prompt then executing maven goals in eclipse. The > >only thing with this approach is that you would > always > >need a command prompt while you're developing > rather > >just dealing with your IDE. Do most use the > command > >prompt to execute maven goals? > > > >When developing and then testing the web app, I > find > >it easy to use myeclipse to allow me to > automatically > >deploy my web app in exploded archive in Tomcat. > But > >once you adhere to Maven's recommended directory > >structure, it doesnt work with Myeclipse. So I've > >resorted to using the Tomcat plugin for Maven > (using > >the maven tomcat:install or tomcat:reload goals). > But > >even then, it sometimes doesnt work. Does anyone > have > >the same issue? > > > >Thanks. > > > >Jade > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
