Does anyone have any resources for how to build and debug the Java web projects in this book. I'm using IntelliJ Idea 13.1.2 Ulitimate edition. There is no explanation on how to build the projects with Maven.

I can run and debug the project in Chapter 2 just fine using the exploded .war info from the downloadable code. When I got to Chapter 3, I learned how to build the project with Maven on my own and it seemed to work. However, when I got to Chapter 4, I can get my project to run, but I can not debug the .jsp files. I set break points and click the 'Debug' command and the page just loads as if I clicked the 'Run' command.

Executing "mvn compile" (just compile) or "mvn package" (create the WAR) should build every example just fine. If not, I definitely want to correct that. As for debugging from IntelliJ, that should "just work." Clicking the "Debug" button causes IntelliJ to compile the project (if it hasn't already been compiled) and start Tomcat in debug mode. Is it _only_ breakpoints in the JSPs that you can't hit, or can you also not hit breakpoints in regular Java classes?

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