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How to create a web application in eclipse:
01. Download and install http://tomcat.apache.org/
02. Download and install Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers
03. Start Eclipse
04. Window -> Preferences -> Web -> CSS+HTML+JSP -> Encoding: ISO
10646/Unicode(UTF-8)
05. Window -> Open Perspective -> Other -> Java EE
06. File -> New -> Dynamic Web Project
07. Enter Project name
08. Target Runtime -> [New…] -> Apache -> Apache Tomcat vX.X -> Next -> Tomcat
installation directory -> [Browse…] -> <Path to tomcat>\Tomcat X.X -> Finish
09. Finish
10. Right click on WebContent -> New -> JSP (index.html / index.jsp as startfile) -> Next ->
Use JSP template -> New JSP File(xhtml) -> Finish
11. Right click on project -> Run As -> Run on Server -> Finish
12. Project is available under http://localhost:8080/projectname
13. To change the context root/URI in eclipse : Right click on project -> Properties ->Web
Project Settings -> "New Context root" -> Apply -> OK -> OK
14. Right click project -> Export -> WAR file -> Destination: -> [Browse…] -> <Path to
tomcat>\Tomcat X.X\webapps (write name in small letters) -> Save -> Finish
15. To change the context root/URI for tomcat just rename the WAR file
16. Stop Eclipse-tomcat-server by pressing STRG+ALT+S
17. Start tomcat ("<Path to tomcat>\Tomcat X.X\bin\tomcatXw.exe")
18. Now Project is deployed in tomcat and can be used without eclipse
How to import the unit converter example in eclipse:
01. Download and install http://tomcat.apache.org/
02. Download and install Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers
03. Start Eclipse
04. Window -> Preferences -> Web -> CSS+HTML+JSP -> Encoding: ISO
10646/Unicode(UTF-8)
05. Window -> Open Perspective -> Other -> Java EE
06. Right click on Project Explorer -> Import -> WAR file -> WAR file [Browse…] ->
"UnitConverter_DWP.war" -> Open
07. Target Runtime -> [New…] -> Apache -> Apache Tomcat vX.X -> Next -> Tomcat
installation directory -> [Browse…] -> <Path to tomcat>\Tomcat X.X -> Finish
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08. Next -> Finish
09. Goto http://jscience.org/ and download JScience (Get Library) (you only need
jscience.jar of the zip-file)
10. Copy jscience.jar to /<eclipse-workspace>/UnitConverter_DWP/WebContent/WEB-
INF/lib
11. In eclipse press F5
12. Project -> Clean... -> OK
13. Rightclick on project -> Run As -> Run on Server -> Finish
14. Project is available: http://localhost:8080/UnitConverter_DWP or
http://localhost/UnitConverter_DWP
15. To change the context root/URI in eclipse : Right click on project -> Properties ->Web
Project Settings -> "New Context root" -> Apply -> OK -> OK
