Ant terminating immediately in Eclipse without any errors

Recently all ant builds started failing when started from within Eclipse without an apparent reason. When the ant target is invoked, the console briefly opens and closes again, without any message or error. /workspace/.metadata/.log finally reveals the cause: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/tools/ant/BuildException Some Ant classes seem to be missing, strange. A look at Window -> Preferences -> … Continue reading Ant terminating immediately in Eclipse without any errors →

Tomcat, Eclipse, Spring and reloading

As a webapp gets bigger the time it takes to boot also increases which is a serious factor contributing to decreased focus and productivity when programming. When running Tomcat with Eclipse, the web application may restart even for the most trivial changes incurring long pauses. I found the following settings for Tomcat to minimize restarts … Continue reading Tomcat, Eclipse, Spring and reloading →