This topic describes common tasks you can perform with web application projects. For
more detailed information, click the links in the right column.
To perform this task |
Follow these steps |
Create a project. |
- Choose File > New
Project (Ctrl-Shift-N).
- Select the right template for your
project.
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Open a project |
- Choose File > Open Project.
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Choose a framework. |
For standard projects, support for
JavaServer Faces,
Struts,
Hibernate, and
Spring is provided out-of-the-box.
The libraries and configuration files used by these frameworks are packaged with the IDE.
Code completion and other Source Editor functionality is also available for these frameworks.
To add a framework to an existing application, do the following:
- Right-click a standard web application and choose Properties.
- In the Project Properties dialog box, click Frameworks.
- Select one of more of the following: JavaServer Faces, Spring, Hibernate, or Struts.
- Click OK to confirm your selection and exit the Project Properties dialog box.
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Add a JAR file to a project's classpath. |
- In the Projects window, expand the project node and
right-click the Libraries node.
- Click Add JAR/Folder and select the JAR file in the file chooser.
If you also want to attach source code and Javadoc for the JAR file,
click Add Library instead.
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Modify a library reference |
- Choose Tools > Libraries.
- In the Library Manager dialog box, select the library in the Libraries list box.
- Add, remove, or change the order of the files.
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Add themes to a project |
- In the Projects window, right-click the Libraries node and choose Add Library.
- In the Add Library dialog box, click Manage Libraries.
- In the Library Manager dialog box, click New Library
- In the New Library dialog box, enter the theme name and choose Theme Libraries as the library type.
- In the Classpath tab of the Library Manager, add the theme JAR file.
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Set current theme |
- In the Projects window, open the Themes node.
- Right-click the theme as choose Set As Current Theme.
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Set up compilation dependencies between projects. |
- expand the project node and right-click the Libraries
node.
- Click Add
Project and select the project folder for the project that you want
to add to the project's classpath.
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Open projects required by your web application. |
- In the Projects window, right-click the project node and choose Open
Required Projects.
A required project is a project that has been packaged with the application or
that has been added to its classpath.
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Find files, text strings, and objects in a project |
- In the Projects window, right-click the project or any folder and choose Find.
- Enter the search criteria and click Find.
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Generate Javadoc |
- Choose Build > Generate Javadoc for project name .
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Build a project. |
- Make sure that your resources are on the classpath.
- Choose Run > Build
Main Project (F11) or right-click any project node and choose Clean and Build. The Compile on Save feature automatically builds your project whenever you save the project.
- Note: The Compile on Save feature builds your project whenever you save the project. You can disable this feature in the Compiling page of the Project Properties dialog box.
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Compile a single file |
- In the Projects window, navigate to the file and right-click it.
- From the main menu, choose Build > Compile File.
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Clean a project. |
- Right-click the project node and choose Clean.
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Run a project. |
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Modify deployment settings. |
Do one or both of the following:
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Debug a project. |
- Right-click the project and choose
Debug or choose Debug > Debug Main Project (Ctrl-F5). For free-form projects, you must
create an Ant target for this purpose.
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Attach source code to libraries for debugging. |
- Choose Tools > Libraries from the main window.
- If the JAR file is not already registered in the Library Manager,
create a new library using the Add Library button.
- Select the library in the left panel of the Library Manager.
- In the Classpath tab, click Add JAR/Folder and specify the location
of the JAR file containing the compiled class files. A library can contain
multiple JAR files.
- In the Sources tab, add the
folder or archive file containing the source code.
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Add Javadoc to a project. |
- Choose Tools > Libraries from the main window.
- If the JAR file is not already registered in the Library Manager,
register the JAR file as described above.
- In the Javadoc tab, click
Add ZIP/Folder and specify the location of the Javadoc files.
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Set the main project. |
- Right-click the project node and choose Set as Main Project.
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Set Start Page |
- In the Projects window, right-click the page to use as the start page and choose Set as Start Page.
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Save a project |
- Choose File > Save All. When save a project, the IDE builds the project for you.
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Copy a project |
- In the Projects window, right-click project-name and choose Copy.
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