... I have a web app started/developed with Netbeans and would like to move it to Intellij 10, but so far can't do it. Not easily at least. I tried to go the 'Create new project with existing sources' but that doesn't seem to work very well. IntelliJ is bungling the directory structure of the project.
That same project is also in a svn repository and I've not tried it yet, but would I have better luck checking out that project from svn in IntelliJ?
I guess manually copying over the existing dir structure manually over to an existing IntelliJ web project is an option, but that sounds like the last resort.
Thanks in advance.
... checking out the project from svn did the trick. I eventually got the app running on Tomcat, but in all honesty, IntelliJ makes the whole process an ordeal compared to NetBeans. Now I remember why I stuck with NB for web dev.
However if there is a better/easier way to accomplish this, please chime in.
ps: once the project is checked out code change/commits are pretty seamless between both ides
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I want to import a maven project from GitHub into intellij which in of itself I know how to do however, the project this time was created initially also as an eclipse project and I want to be able to work on it in idea while my team members work on it in eclipse without causing conflicts due to differing project file structures. How can this be done?
When checking it out in Intellij it does ask me if I want to create a project from it and select yes but next, it asks whether to create the project from the existing sources vs from external model. From the external model option it allows me to pick eclipse or maven but not both. Do I just create from existing sources? Which is my best option to do this without screwing it up for the others when I commit and push my changes?
I understand that the easy answer might be: "just use eclipse" however, I think the answer on how to properly do this could be useful later. Not only me but also for others who want to work with the IDE they are most familiar and productive with and not mess with the workflow.
Any help would be appreciated
When importing an Eclipse project into IntelliJ, you have the option to:
Create module files near .classpath files
Keep project and module files in
The idea is to keep your *.iml file concurrently with your Eclipse .project/.classpath (and you can keep them in sync).
That way, you can open the project in both IDE.
I'll try keep this short. I have Eclipse with an installed M2E (Maven to Eclipse) plugin. I have a GAE (Google App Engine) project I'm working on. Everything is working ok apart from one really annoying thing: I have to stop/start the devserver every time I make a change.
If you have any experience with this setup then you might be able to answer this simple question?
I start the development server with "mvn appegnine:devserver" on the command line. Now I would expect that if I made changes to a *.jsp for example that those changes would automatically be updated on the devserver. Is this what happens with you?
I have noticed that if I make changes to *.jsp files under my target folder then devserver will see those changes and updates as I would expect. I think my problem lies with Eclipse not copying changes to target folder, but not sure if is even suppose to?
Does anyone have any suggestions on how I should progress investigating this? I've ran out of ideas :-/
I thank you in advance for any comments you may have.
P.s I know I can run "mvn package" to update files, but this is slow and the devserver runs out of memory after a do it twice.
This can be little painful, depending on how you want to work and which version of eclipse you're using.
Install the m2e-wtp plugin if you haven't. It's the secret sauce that makes appengine projects work in eclipse. Note this isn't m2e - but another plugin.
Install the GPE - the google plugin for eclipse if you haven't
Make sure your project is being managed by m2e as a maven project.
Go into your project properties - enable it as an appengine project using the GPE (listed under 'Google'). Don't forget to tick HRD while you're here.
Go to your project build path (Properties -> Java Build Path).
Ensure on the source tab that your src/main/resources doesnt have an ** exclusion.
Ensure on the libraries tab your have the three libraries 'JDK', 'Google Appengine' and 'Maven Dependencies' and nothing else
Ensure on the order and export tab that the appengine dependencies are above the maven dependencies.
It sounds pretty ridiculous - i'm not really sure why its still so painful, but that is a good recipe for success. Once that's done, this should allow you to run in debug from eclipse itself, with hotloading of code, jsps, css, scripts etc. I've had this work in helios, indigo and juno.
You can read more about the m2e-wtp setup instructions here. They refer to GWT but it's the same for appengine (I'm not sure why the emphasis on using GWT on GAE) because its actually about the correct setup of GPE and Maven.
You will also find that you may need to repeat some parts of step 5 pretty frequently - if your app isn't loading properly take a quick look to ensure that your resources haven't been excluded. This happens when you update your project configuration using the m2e plugin.
The wtp-m2e plugin updates the target folder as resources modified - so this should also resolve your issues running from the command line, but i can't vouch for that - I prefer to run straight out of eclipse.
I have the same problem as you, however I resolved with other way. I use FileSync plugin (which can be found in the market place).
With this plugin you configure an input directory (webapp) and output directory (target).
Any change made to the webapp will be passed to the target.
I have helped too.
You can use rsync like this:
rsync -r --existing src/main/webapp/ target/ROOT
where "ROOT" is the project build finalName.
The below point worked for me.
Ensure on the order and export tab that the appengine dependencies are above the maven dependencies.
I'm working on an open-source cross-platform C++ project that supports Make and Xcode builds. I'd like to add an Eclipse project as well, but there seems to be no double-clickable way to import a project into Eclipse. Consequently, my "project" consists of fact that I have .project and .cproject files checked into the repository.
torc/
trunk/
eclipse/
??
sandbox/
.project
.cproject
...
src/
.project
.cproject
...
xcode/
torc.xcodeproj/
...
...
Suppose somebody downloads the code but doesn't use Xcode. They can build the code with Make, but many people will probably want to peruse the code structure and sources, and Eclipse would provide a great way to do that.
Unfortunately, the user may not be familiar with Eclipse or how to import projects, and I'd like to make things easier for them, not harder. I was hoping to provide something double-clickable or draggable that would get them started with minimal grief. Can anybody suggest a good way to do this? Or is there an alternate approach that would feel natural to current or prospective Eclipse users?
I am aware of this approach, using org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.core.headlessbuild, but that seems to work primarily with never versions of Eclipse and CDT.
I have an answer, but it's not very pretty.
You could create a workspace directory for your project in your repository and check it in with the project already added to the workspace. Then, you could create a script which launches Eclipse and tells it to use the workspace directory in the repository. (For example, eclipse -data ./eclipse/workspace.) You should make sure the workspace has been cleaned first because a workspace that has been built can contain quite a lot of extra metadata.
That said, this is not a great solution. Experienced Eclipse users will probably not want to use your workspace because preferences are stored in the workspace, and besides, if they see a .project and .classpath file, they're already going to know how to import it into their own workspace. People unfamiliar with Eclipse are likely not to have Eclipse installed at all.
It's taken me a while to get my "Server project" (a Tomcat server) setup just the way I want it in my Eclipse workspace. My process wasn't easy and included many errors. With that, I think "Gee, I should be able to save this project in CVS", just like any other project. Right?
I've checked the WTP Tomcat FAQ, but haven't found what I'm looking for. I'm not sure if this is standard, or if a "best practice" exists - but I think it would be really handy!
If new developers come into our team, my laptop bursts into flames or I accidentally change my configuration; it would be great to just open the proper CVS version of this project.
Any thoughts?
Should never have to do it and I would think that's bad practice. Ideally, you should be able to run update Project Configuration from m2eclipse and it should all work (except in some occasions having to setup facets)
I am starting getting used to Eclipse, but I have much more experience with Visual Studio. In Visual Studio it is possible to run auto commands after the build has finished.
Now I am creating a GWT project and several other projects at once in one solution (or workspace) in Eclipse. Some files which are compiled with the GWT project needs to be copied to another location when they have been compiled. I am currently doing this manually and would like to do it automatically. I am not doing it often, since the project works fine in debug mode (...?gwt.codesvr=localhost:9997).
But where is the location for executing a post build command for a GWT project in eclipse? Is it possible?
Just open project properties, choose 'Builders' item and click on 'New...' button.
Good question! I'm using Eclipse since about 2003, and I remember that I also wanted a functionality like that back then. However, I got so used to using ant for any serious build, that I completely forgot about it.
There is some useful ant integration in Eclipse (e.g. the ant view), and if you create your GWT project with webAppCreator you already get a few good ant targets you can build upon.
It would still be nice sometimes to have something more GUI-like to do simple multi-step builds with Eclipse. I haven't found anything like that yet, but it's absolutely possible that it exists, especially as a plugin.