Task: Create the happy dev-server

[emjunior]

What is it?

A development server instance that automatically:

• Configures server to read web content directly from source directory instead of build target directory.
• Includes dependencies required to run CDI 1.2 automatically

How to use the happy dev-server

The server is used via CLI and configured via XML.

Deploy a Hi app to the server

happy -deploy

Configuration XML file

Filename : happy.xml

<?xml version="1.0" enconding="utf-8"?>
<happy>
    <port>8080</port>
    <context>/app</context>
    <webapp path="src/main/webapp">
        <web-inf>
            <classes>target/classes</classes>
            <lib>
                <!--
                <resolve-dependencies>MAVEN</resolve-dependencies>
                <resolve-dependencies>GRADLE</resolve-dependencies>-->
                <directory>target/Example-SNAPSHOT-1.0.0/WB-INF/lib</directory>
            </lib>
        </web-inf>
    </webapp>
</happy>

Create configuration using the default profile

happy -init

Create configuration using a maven profile

happy -init maven

Create configuration using a gradle profile

happy -init gradle

How does it work?

It runs an embedded tomcat7 server in the backgound.

Github repository to fork:

Emerjoin/Happy-dev-server

Relevant links

Embedded Tomcat, The Minimal Version - DZone Java

Create a Java Web Application Using Embedded Tomcat | Heroku Dev Center

[iamzjohn]

O ficheiro de configuracao deve ser necessariamente XML? Será que yaml ou json não são bons canditatos uma vez que trazem uma leitura bem mais amigavel para nos(humanos) tal como programaticamente.

O quu acham?

[emjunior]

Melhor que seja XML. Por duas razões simples: validação (XSD) e o suporte avançado em IDEs.