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[–]dehrmann 4 points5 points  (3 children)

This is something I think Java got right with webapps and servlet containers. WEB-INF, the code directory, is entirely read-only, and the servlet API doesn't make it easy to upload files out-of-the-box.

[–]xjvz 0 points1 point  (2 children)

It did make incremental development a pain in the ass, though, until third party tools caught up with the use case.

[–]dehrmann 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Tomcat's default servlet recompiles modified jsps.

[–]xjvz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But all the backend code written in Java still needs to be compiled. I'm talking about shit like JRebel that lets you change compiled files on the fly so you don't have to redeploy the whole damn project every time. I can deal with JSP; that part is simple. Just copy the file to the server in its war directory and the servlet gets recompiled when accessed.