Imho, maven is overdesigned if you don't have junit tests and other stuff. Ant is more than enough for just creating a war file(i do it with one button-click in eclipse). The only manual step is to copy it to your webapps-folder on the server ;-)
On 27 Nov., 14:02, "olivier nouguier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 athttp://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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
