Basically, when I used eclipse (myeclipse), I could edit a jsp and it would automatically be updated when I refreshed the browser. It wasn't just jsp's, I could edit managed beans, helper classes, anything except the config files and they would magically appear deployed. Sometimes if I saved with an error in the class it would kill the app and I would have to fix the error and redeploy manually.
When I switched to Netbeans, I lost this nice feature. I was forced to "undeploy/redeploy" each time I made a small change. What a pain.
So I googled and came up with this hybrid solution:
1. Turn off deployment in Netbeans to glassfish: Tools -> Servers, then chose GlassFish, then Options. Uncheck "Directory Deployment Enabled"
2. Edit the project's build.xml file and add a target to copy a newly created ear file to glassfish's autodeploy directory:
<target name="post-dist">
<echo>post dist copy ear</echo>
<copy file="dist/[project_name].ear"
todir="/Applications/NetBeans/glassfish-v2/domains/domain1/autodeploy" />
</target>
That's it, now when I chose "Clean and Build" all changes are autodeployed. I know that you can make this target a bit more generic, but I'll leave that to you.
Enjoy!
