Re: Building for Deployment under Eclipse and WOLips

Jonas Meyer wrote:

> I've designed and implemented version .5 of my new WO application.  I'm 
> running Eclipse and WOLips, due to extreme bugginess that I found in 
> Apple's XCode tool.  
 >
I wonder if that makes heXCode a cross between Extreme Sports and 
eXtreme Programming?  ;-)


> However, all the documentation I've found for how 
> to build my application for deployment says I use xcodebuild (actually 
> pbxbuild, but I figured that one out) to create separate web server 
> resources and application builds.  
I always manage my own web server resources (html, images mostly) so 
maybe I'm not the best person to ask...


> Of course, since I created my project 
> in eclipse, xcode cant make heads or tails of it.  The WOLips docs say 
> that I should use the ant "woapplication" task to do the appropriate 
> things, although in the "getting started" section, it says that my app 
> should be ready to deploy when I build it locally.  Is that true?  How 
> do I use ant to build for deployment?
> 
Should just be ready to go after building on Eclipse unless you 
manually added some dev only steps (I have, but I'm guessing you haven't).


> My app is running fine on my workstation (G4), but I want to move it to 
> our staging server (xserve G4 running panther).  
Same version of WO?


>I'm pretty sure that I 
> have wotaskd and monitor running and configured properly.  However, when 
> I copy my app (I3PKB.woa) to "/Library/WebServer/Documents/" directory 
 >
Nooooooo.  That is for public, static resources.  Put your app there 
and anyone can copy it.  Why make it easy for hackers?


> and point monitor at it, it cant start properly.  
My guess would be the classpath files.  Check out
I3PKB.woa/Contents/MacOS/MacOSXServerClassPath.txt
(or is it I3PKB.woa/Contents/MacOS/MacOSXClassPath.txt?)

And verify that all of the paths will resolve correctly.


> The webserverresources 
> directory is empty inside my .woa, so I'm getting the idea that it isnt 
> in fact built ready for deployment. 
Or you don't have any.

> Can anyone shed some light on this 
> issue?  What I'd really love is a pedantic, step-by-step set of 
> instructions to install WO deployment, build under eclipse and WOLips, 
> and copy and start my application, but any subset of that would be 
> wonderful.
> 
Minimal, but hope that helps.

Chuck

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