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JSP Preview plug in with Eclipse

 
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I'm new to using the Eclipse IDE, and was wondering if there is any Plug in that would allow a preview of the JSPs without having the package and deploy my application?

I know that this feature exists in Struts Studio, any idea about Eclipse?
Thanks in advance..
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there's not even a decent jsp editor for eclipse, much less a preview function.
 
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yeah..i realized that !!
any other IDE that you know ???
 
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The netbeans jsp editor is very nice, although it has no preview (I think). It does allow you to import tag libraries, and then it will do auto-complete on those tags.

having said that, I'm going to get my boss to buy exadel struts studio. Having the IDE be struts-aware is very nice, and netbeans doesn't offer that.
 
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Originally posted by Clifford Adams:
there's not even a decent jsp editor for eclipse, much less a preview function.



SolarEclipse (check sourceforge) does a quite decent job as a JSP editor.
It's all I need really, don't want no fancy WYSYWYG stuff.
 
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does it offer anything beyond syntax highlighting?
 
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True, I'm using Solar Eclipse, and apart from syntax highlighting there is NO advantage..
Anyone used Struts Studio?? Experiences..?
 
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don't use any heavyweight plugins. Eclipse is slow enough as it is...

Tried Lomboz but couldn't bear having to wait a minute or more whenever it did something.
 
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Originally posted by Ravi Pat:
True, I'm using Solar Eclipse, and apart from syntax highlighting there is NO advantage..
Anyone used Struts Studio?? Experiences..?



They have trial versions on their site. I've used it for one simple project. The jsp editor is nice. you have a pallet of struts tags and it also has code-completion and a preview function. I like the struts-config editor, too. You can do it in raw xml code, or a tree with wizards or a slick drag/n drop mode.
 
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If you are interested in JSP editor for eclipse with a preview function take a look at NitroX. NitroX has a sophisticated Source and Visual JSP editor has the unique ability to let you develop at either source or visual level � at the same time! Along with many more features including:
�JSP code completion for Java, custom tags, Struts tags, Struts actions and form beans, page variable names and fields, etc.
�Smart Editors let you select the desired element or property from another layer of the application
�Real-time automatic consistency and validation checking at development time
�Impact analysis of changes made to specific elements of the application
To download a 15 day trail version of NitroX click here www.m7.com
 
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Not exactly an Eclipse plugin, but I'm using a combination of JDemo and ServletUnit to get a quick view of my JSPs/Servlets. That has the advantage of being able to also see the dynamic parts the way they will appear in the final program.

If you are interested, I can give you more information...
 
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