[cas-dev] CAS & WTP

[Howard Gilbert]

WTP was designed so that you have to start with an empty "dynamic web
project" and then add source. Since the checked in .project file is not a
WTP dynamic web project, you cannot turn it into one. You can build an empty
project and then copy in the source, but then you lose the SVN connection. 

I have also found the WTP design to launch the selected sever from a
generated configuration directory to be a big problem. If it runs everything
is great, but if it gets the classpath wrong, then it seems almost
impossible to figure out why the jar file is missing.

I recommend using MyEclipse instead. For $32 a year you get a package that
includes all the WTP function, much easier to configure, and it does allow
you to convert the existing checked out CAS server project into a Web
project. I have instructions on how to do this, but they need to be updated
to reflect the MavenEclipse plugin (they apply to the last release and have
to be adapted to the trunk). They can be downloaded as a Powerpoint 2007
file at http://www.yale.edu/tp/DevelopingCAS.pptx. [If something vends this
file as a ".zip", change the extension back to pptx].  There are notes pages
with the text that explains everything. 

I really tried to get WTP working on its own. Maybe someone who understands
its internals better than me can do it, but this is not something you can
get working with just the public instructions. Life is too short to try and
save $32 a year. 

 

From: cas-dev-bounces at tp.its.yale.edu
[mailto:cas-dev-bounces at tp.its.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Pierrick Doreau
Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2008 2:05 PM
To: cas-dev at tp.its.yale.edu
Subject: [cas-dev] CAS & WTP

 

Hello,

Is it possible to use CAS sources with Eclipse + MavenEclipse plugin + WTP
plugin ?

Thanks



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