How Tomcat Works book - IDE question

[Alvin chew]

hi, so far, i know netbeans is build in support on tomcat, is that any other IDE support tomcat also ?

[Ko Ko Naing]

Most famous IDEs support Tomcat... I am currently using JBuilder and Eclipse... They do support Tomcat...

[David Ulicny]

Websphere studio also, but it's based on Eclipse

[somkiat puisungnoen]

Originally posted by Alvin chew:
hi, so far, i know netbeans is build in support on tomcat, is that any other IDE support tomcat also ?

IDE integrated Tomcat
1. Borland JBuilder , lasted version JBuilder 2005 support Tomcat 5.0

2. WebSphere IDE


Another IDE, you can use tomcat with plug-in and ant
-Eclipse, InteliJ
[ September 15, 2004: Message edited by: Somkiat Puisungnoen ]

[Rajan Chinna]

I didn't use any fancy IDEs so far, may i know what are the benefits of using IDE with tomcat?

[David Ulicny]

Deployment, build etc. is done in background, you should not to run manualy Ant scripts from command line. I used to work only with text editor and command line. I must say that IDE is more better and more efective.

[somkiat puisungnoen]

Originally posted by Rajan Chinna:
I didn't use any fancy IDEs so far, may i know what are the benefits of using IDE with tomcat?

IDE make it easy to deploy application or manage in IDE.

IDE help you/developer/programmer for rapid development.

[David Ulicny]

Actually I'm using Websphere for iSeries and Eclipse 3.0. I find it better than NetBeans.

[Eusebio Floriano]

Originally posted by David Ulicny:
Actually I'm using Websphere for iSeries and Eclipse 3.0. I find it better than NetBeans.

I�m using Eclipse with Lomboz ... The problem is that even modifications in jsp files, i must deploy all my web application.

[somkiat puisungnoen]

I'm use Eclipse + ANT ,

So it's good tool.

[Ko Ko Naing]

Originally posted by Vinicius Boson:


I�m using Eclipse with Lomboz ... The problem is that even modifications in jsp files, i must deploy all my web application.

It's good that Tomcat does not need to redeploy again, after modications in JSP files are done... Tomcat 5 is a lot better in such situation, compared to previous versions of Tomcat...

[friso dejonge]

most ide's nowadays support one or other version of tomcat. However most will still be a little behind with the most current version of tomcat. It is not just using the IDE and the integrated tomcat option. In my opinion the IDE should also be able to make a well packaged .war file so it will deploy on any server.
The local testing TOMCAT and integration with ANT should be good in the IDE, otherwise it is still nearly useless.

[Bill Barbour]

Does the book give examples of working with Tomcat inside a certain IDE, or is it more focused on Tomcat itself?

[Bear Bibeault]

The IDE I use, OmniCore CodeGuide (pricey, but spectacular), has Tomcat integration. But to tell you the turth, I don't use it. I just find it gets in the way. I use the IDE for its excellent code analysis and refactoring support, but test on a standalone installation of Tomcat.

[Alvin chew]

yes, bear, i agree with your point, sometime when active tomcat from IDE, it make my system very slow, i would rather active tomcat standalone

[Ko Ko Naing]

Originally posted by Bill Barbour:
Does the book give examples of working with Tomcat inside a certain IDE, or is it more focused on Tomcat itself?

Well, I'm pretty sure, while reading the sample chapters, that there is no topic about specific IDEs integrated with Tomcat in the book... It is more focused on Tomcat, which it is supposed to be...

[Alvin chew]

hi, wondering why most IDE integrate with tomcat only and not jboss ? it also free right ?

[David Ulicny]

I was trying Eclipse plugin for JBoss. It was working.
But maybe most of people aren't using EJBs.

[Alvin chew]

yes, i think may be jboss is too big as compare tomcat

[somkiat puisungnoen]

Originally posted by Alvin chew:
hi, wondering why most IDE integrate with tomcat only and not jboss ? it also free right ?

I think, depend on Licence of JBoss or Vendor ..

More detail : http://www.jboss.org