Java web development without Eclipse

Question

I'm interested in doing some Java web development but I'm not really interested in using Eclipse. I have used Eclipse in the past and to me it seems to add a layer of abstraction that I'm not really interested in. However, I'm having a bit of upstart problems.

Does anyone have any good references/tutorials in getting up and running with Java web development without using Eclipse (or any other IDE for that matter)?

Answer 1

Create a maven project and use one of the embedded web servers like jetty or Glassfish.

Also, this approach allows you to work with the command line directly or use either Netbeans, Eclipse or IntelliJ as your IDE as they support Maven projects. I do not think that JDeveloper can yet.

(Eclipse may require the m2e plugin from the marketplace, and it handles all the Eclipse configuration transparently and directly. Highly recommended).

Answer 2

You can easily do java web development using notepad only. The extra work is, you have to write some extra code (like in servlet you have to write web.xml http://www.tutorialspoint.com/servlets/servlets-first-example.htm). Same in Struts, Hibernate and Spring framework, you have to write config file in notepad.