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From: Ken Bowen <kbowen@als.com>
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Subject: Re: Deploying and building a war file
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 14:12:41 -0500
References: <c67bbb7e0911090404p48d67d0ydaece4777c5e3691@mail.gmail.com>

If you use Eclipse (www.eclipse.org/   free; runs on Wins/Mac/Linux)  
with the web plugins, it records your deploy target, and allows you to  
deploy with either a war file, or in "exploded form".  In the latter  
case, you can usually leave your web server running, make a code  
change, save the file, and it is automatically re-compiled & re- 
deployed to the running server.  At worst, you only need to hit a  
refresh button.  It makes life much simpler, and the syntax-directed  
editor saves me from many stupidities.

--Ken

On Nov 9, 2009, at 7:04 AM, Ziggy wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I've got a query on the way web applications are deployed. I have an
> application that has several jsp files and serlvets that are in
> WEB-INF/classes.
>
> When i deploy the application all i do is do a checkout on CVS, make  
> the
> changes, rebuild the war using ANT and redeploy manually. This works  
> fine
> but now i am having some doubts on this approach.
>
> Basicaly if i even change one file i have to rebuild the war file  
> meaning i
> have to recompile everything. I think this is unecessary. i would  
> like to be
> able to just recompile the one file and redeploy the one file  
> without having
> to rebuild the whole war file.
>
> 1. How do you deploy your application? If you deploy as a war file,  
> do you
> recompile everything even if the change is to a single file or a
> configuration file.
>
> 2. Could you provide an example on the approach you use from the  
> point a
> source file comes out from CVS to the point it get to the production
> environment. (An example with a single file change would be usefull)
>
> 2. Do you use any tool to manage this?
>
> I am thinking that if i change one file i should be able to just  
> compile
> that one file and move it to the WEB-INF/classes folder into the  
> relevant
> folder. This might work but is there a better way of doing this  
> instead of
> moving it manually?
>
>
> Thanks


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