servlets in eclipse

[starlight]

just downloaded eclipse, since I was hearing how good this stuff is.
So I tried to run a simple servlet-app.
****, nobody told me I need a plug in for servlets...
after two hours i found blueskytime.
but **** **** **** the stupid eclipse says now:
"tool.jar is not installed"
I have both j2se and j2ee installed.?.

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Chris

[wranlon]

If you just want to compile servlets from within eclipse, then you can include the servlet.jar (from your Web Application Server; eg: Tomcat) by opening the properties for the project, select Java Build Path in the left-hand column, click the libraries tab in the right-hand pane, and add servlet.jar as an external jar. You will have to find the jar file. The servlet.jar should include classes the conform to the servlet spec, so it shouldn't matter which one you use (though I could be completely wrong on this point).

I haven't tried the BlueSkyTime plugin, but glanced at its features and it does look like it has some useful features.

Stephen W. Cote
wranlon@hotmail.com
http://www.whitefrost.com/

[starlight]

Hi and tnx,
it works now, but you should see me yesterday!
My Java Build Path includes three times (different ones) the servlets.jar and two times the tools.jar AND it didn't do.
This morning I'm just starting eclipse with the idea of another day fighting with it and IT WORKS!!!
May be I was just needing a reboot all the time...

P.S. This is what I hate in Java. You need to go through hell to make it work. But try to install some MS application: you just click
NEXT -> NEXT -> FINISH and there it is.

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Chris

[wranlon]

I won't deny that Microsoft designs software that is very easy to install and use. However, you are comparing installing an MS application to building a Java application, and I have had my share of frustrating moments with Visual C++, Visual Basic, and Visual Studio.NET (C# Web App).

Stephen W. Cote
wranlon@hotmail.com
http://www.whitefrost.com/