Mike,
I think it's possible in any IDE, I don't think you need any special
plugin. Just configure a Tomcat context to point to your web source
directory and edit away, presuming your web source directory is a
complete WAR structure.
IMO though there is a problem and associated risk with this practice. As
I stated to jk regarding MyEclipse (which works this way be default),
the problem is the presumption that the web content you are editing "in
place" does not require any build process (e.g., packaging, filtering,
pre-compilation, etc). The risk associated with this presumption is that
there typically (hopefully always) IS a build process, but it is being
subverted. Yes, the steps jk and I described take, literally, a few
seconds longer than "edit and refresh", but those steps are the exact
same ones I use to build and release my product . I have complete
confidence that what I built and saw during development is the same as
that in the release. I have only seen the "edit and refresh" process
work well in trivial webapp projects.
Good Luck
DD
Mike Perham wrote:
Anyone know if there is a Tomcat Eclipse plugin that allows you to edit
JSP live in the IDE (i.e. hit the page, make a change and refresh the
browser)? I ask because a co-worker showed me that it is possible in
IDEA. Repeating your workflow below 100 times as you are authoring and
testing a complex page rapidly grows tiresome.
mike
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