What does Maven better than Ant? I've heard Maven is quite large and complex...
On 27 nov, 11:39, "olivier nouguier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > IMHO you should look at maven for doing this "hellish job" > > > > On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 11:19 AM, Lonifasiko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > We're also evaluating the possibility of using an architecture > > composed by GWT + Servlets + MySQL. I thought it was going to exist > > another option to communicate GWT more directly with MySQL, but seems > > like a combination of GWT-RPC and servlets is one of the best ways to > > achieve this interaction with DB. > > > In our test project, instead of Tomcat, we're using JBoss to deploy > > all the application, both client side code and server-side code, > > packaged into a unique .war file. At the moment must admit we're also > > copying files and generating the .war package each time manually, but > > I've also decided, based on other comments in the group, to use an ANT > > script to automatize this hellish task, sure it saves me very much > > time and problems. > > > By the way, do you see any advantages/disadvantages of using JBoss AS > > to host the whole application? Why did you choose for example Tomcat? > > > Thanks and regards. > > > Miguel > > Blog:http://lonifasiko.blogspot.com > > > On 27 nov, 02:25, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > >> For automating the deployment (instead of manually copying) ant is the > >> only way to go. I've heard stories that Maven is even easier, but we > >> haven't jumped onto that band wagon (yet). When we build with no > >> server, we have an ant build file that does all that, and then deploys > >> to our external server. We do it old school and jump out to the file > >> system and run via command line, but I've done from inside Eclipse as > >> well. > > >> On Nov 26, 5:39 pm, DanielC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> > Hi guys, > > >> > I'm developing a project with GWT + Servlets + MySQL. At this point, > >> > I've got the project setup using the "-noserver" flag and I have > >> > Connector/J configured on an external Tomcat 6 server so that my > >> > servlets can access the DB. Communication to/from server is through > >> > GWT-RPC . > > >> > My Problem: This is a bit of a pain b/c anytime I make a change to the > >> > servlet code (which resides in the same Eclipse project as my GWT > >> > code...and I'd prefer to keep it this way), I have to copy the *.class > >> > file (for the servlet) over to the CATALINA_HOME/webapps/myproject/WEB- > >> > INF/classes/blahblahblah folder. > > >> > This seems extremely manual and I'm hopeful that there's a better way > >> > to do it. What is the recommended way of doing this type of > >> > development? Ideally, I'd it would just pickup the changes to both the > >> > client and server code as it used to when I was working in hosted > >> > mode. Unfortunately, I couldn't figure out how to get MySQL and > >> > Connector/J setup in the integrated Tomcat, so I went with the "- > >> > noserver" option and configured it with an external instance of Tomcat > >> > instead. This manual copying crap is starting to get super annoying, > >> > so I'm reaching out for help. > > >> > What's the best practices for this? > > -- > Si l'ignorance peut servir de consolation, elle n'en est pas moins illusoire. -- Miguel Blog: http://lonifasiko.blogspot.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Web Toolkit" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Web-Toolkit?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
