Eclipse and Tomcat

R

Rhino

Can anyone advise me on the best plugin to use to integrate current
versions of Tomcat and Eclipse?

Several years ago when I last did servlet work, I used Sysdeo to bridge
between Eclipse and Tomcat but I seem to recall that Sysdeo was gradually
falling out of favour to be replaced by something else - Lomboz maybe? - so
I thought I'd check to see what people are using these days.

Also, can someone point me to the documentation that tells me how to set up
the plugin? I seem to recall that Sysdeo was not well-documented when I
first installed it and that I had quite a bit of struggling to do before I
could get it to play nicely.....
 
M

markspace

Rhino said:
Can anyone advise me on the best plugin to use to integrate current
versions of Tomcat and Eclipse?


I don't use Eclipse, but AFAIK all that stuff is integrated into Eclipse
and NetBeans now. No more need for plug-ins anymore, just make a "JEE"
project and go.
 
L

Lew

I don't use Eclipse, but AFAIK all that stuff is integrated into Eclipse
and NetBeans now. No more need for plug-ins anymore, just make a "JEE"
project and go.

While better than it used to be, Eclipse still suffers from multi-versionosis.
You have to hunt around the site a little to get a fully Java EE-enabled
version, but it's there.

As with NetBeans, you might have to "activate" some features
post-installation. Both IDEs tend to activate features when you first call
for them, but I've found it necessary sometimes to dig through the preference
menus and give that a nudge.

<http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/>
Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers (189 MB)
"Download eclipse-jee-galileo-SR2-linux-gtk-x86_64.tar.gz from:"
[mirror link provided here]

As for integration with Tomcat, all you have to do is use the "add server"
capability to tell it where your Tomcat installation lives.
 
D

Dancing Fingers

It took me a while to figure out but it's actually quite easy:
1. Install Eclipse, the J2EE (large) version is what I use.
2. Install Tomcat, noting the base directory.
3. Open Eclipse, close the Welcome page.
4. Navigate to the Server tab at the bottom. If you don't have one
do Windows > Show Views > Others > Servers.
5. Right-click in the Servers window and click on Add Server.
Navigate to the Tomcat base Directory. Click OK's.
A Tomcat Icon should appear in the project pane and icons at the
top.
6. Right click the Tomcat icon and click start server.

You are good to go.

Chris
 

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