It does all ;) >From GWT compilation, junit coverage, packaging ... very easily once you've made the effort . But I agree that it's quite complex.
As an example, you can look at http://code.google.com/p/net-orcades-spring/ It's maven driven, and quite functional, but It's my very personal opinion (about my work :) On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 12:11 PM, Lonifasiko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 > > > -- Si l'ignorance peut servir de consolation, elle n'en est pas moins illusoire. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Web Toolkit" group. To post to this group, send email to Google-Web-Toolkit@googlegroups.com 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
