Eclipse

[timmy_dale12]

Ive just switched to eclipse. How do i develop servlets / jsp
using this ide. Is there anything i need to import?

Timmy

 

[Chris Smith]

Ive just switched to eclipse. How do i develop servlets / jsp
using this ide. Is there anything i need to import?

The best thing to do, IMHO, is to create a classpath variable for the
Servlet API, and then add that to the build path for your servlet
projects.

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[timmy_dale12]

The best thing to do, IMHO, is to create a classpath variable for the
Servlet API, and then add that to the build path for your servlet
projects.

So what youre sayig is that suns sdk has to be downoladed and the
relevant classlibraries has to be imported into Eclipse.

Why isent this integrated in Eclipse.

 

[Chris Smith]

So what youre sayig is that suns sdk has to be downoladed and the
relevant classlibraries has to be imported into Eclipse.

Why isent this integrated in Eclipse.

Well, you can get the APIs from any number of places. If you install
Tomcat (which you'll need to test your servlets anyway), then you've got
a copy of the servlet API. All you have to do is tell Eclipse where to
find it. If you want a few extra conveniences, there are several
plugins to Eclipse to launch web apps from within the IDE, etc. I find
that they are more clutter with no substantial benefit, but they are
available if you like.

Why *would* this be integrated in Eclipse? The servlet API and Eclipse
hardly share a release schedule. I'd hate to be in the position of
telling a customer, "I'd love to do that, but the IDE I use doesn't do
2.4 servlets yet, so we have to wait until it does."

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The Easiest Way to Train Anyone... Anywhere.

Chris Smith - Lead Software Developer/Technical Trainer
MindIQ Corporation

 

[Tim Tyler]

So what youre sayig is that suns sdk has to be downoladed and the
relevant classlibraries has to be imported into Eclipse.

Why isent this integrated in Eclipse.

Eclipse is far too big anyway.

I don't think they should start including the Java API of the world
and his wife to make it easier to link programs which use them.