How to setup a Basic Struts Project Using Eclipse IDE
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* DISCLAIMER -. This simple How-To shows you one of many ways to setup a working project usingthe Struts framework This is mainly geared toward struts users who are new to Eclipse, anddon't want to spend a lot of time figuring out the differences Between their old ide (if any) and this one.i will also apologize ahead of time.
In this how-to, i will demonstrate (use Eclipse 2.0.1) How to setup, compile, run,
And debug the struts-example Web Application That Bundled with the distribution.
Next, I will modify the code to pull some data from a mysql database using the popular
RELATIONAL MAPPING TOOL OJB. (This Is Actually Quite Simple)
Let's get started
Before we begin, you will need to create a Directory Somewhere To Store Your Project.
I Typically Use C: / Personal / Development / Projects / (Some Project)
Once That's Done, Extract The Struts-Example.war to That Directory
(Using your favorite zip utility)
DELETE The Meta-INF folder Because this will be create During the build / jar / war process.
Add a build.xml file to the project root. I Use Something Like this:
destdir = "$ {build.dir}" Debug = "on" DepRecation = "ON">
