| Eclipse 2.1.1 vs the latest & greatest, debugging .jsp files [message #69356] |
Wed, 25 May 2005 14:52  |
Eclipse User |
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Hi all -
I just inherited a project that is really in the weeds. To put it in a
nutshell, I need to maintain and enhance hundreds of thousands of lines of
uncommented, undocumented java code, using old versions of Eclipse, Java,
and who knows what else, and I'm new to java in general (my background is
10+ years of C++/C/C# development).
I could really use answers to a couple questions.
- We're using Eclipse 2.1.1. What are the advantages of upgrading to the
latest and greatest version of Eclipse?
- TONS of this @#$!@#$ code is in .jsp files. As I understand it, I can't
debug .jsp files with the version of Eclipse that I have. This is really
proving to be a time-waster as far as me learning the code - there just
isn't any substitute for being able to step through code in a debugger. Is
there anything out there that can help out with this? A new version of
Eclipse? A plug-in? I found something called Nitrox but alas, it requires a
newer version of Java than we use (we're on 1.4.1, Nitrox wants 1.4.2 or
greater.) If I have to upgrade, I will, but it's not going to be easy to get
approval for it.
Thanks in advance.
Barbra
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| Re: Eclipse 2.1.1 vs the latest & greatest, debugging .jsp files [message #69769 is a reply to message #69356] |
Thu, 26 May 2005 03:13  |
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Originally posted by: hcs33.egon.gyaloglo.hu
Hi,
> - We're using Eclipse 2.1.1. What are the advantages of upgrading to the
> latest and greatest version of Eclipse?
There are many new great features.
Some links helps you to explore changes:
- Eclipse 3.0 over 2.1:
http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/drops/R-3.0-20 0406251208/eclipse-news-R3.html
- Eclipse 3.1M7 'New and Noteworthy':
http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/drops/S-3.1M7- 200505131415/eclipse-news-all-M7.html
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> - TONS of this @#$!@#$ code is in .jsp files. As I understand it, I can't
> debug .jsp files with the version of Eclipse that I have. This is really
> proving to be a time-waster as far as me learning the code - there just
> isn't any substitute for being able to step through code in a debugger. Is
> there anything out there that can help out with this? A new version of
> Eclipse? A plug-in? I found something called Nitrox but alas, it requires
> a newer version of Java than we use (we're on 1.4.1, Nitrox wants 1.4.2 or
> greater.) If I have to upgrade, I will, but it's not going to be easy to
> get approval for it.
For Eclipse 3.1 versions there are Web Tools Platform:
http://www.eclipse.org/webtools/index.html
This provides you many web-development related features (html/xml/jsp
editing, Tomcat management, web application deploy, ...).
Also, there is a commercial product called MyEclipse:
http://www.myeclipseide.com/
HTH,
Regards,
Csaba
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