Eclipse building workspace hangs after importing existing maven project because of JavaScript validation

Question

When running Eclipse Kepler and importing an existing Maven project, Eclipse hangs during \"Building Workspace (XX%)\". Switching to the Progress tab reveals a \"Validating

Answer 1

• Kill Eclipse process.

• Go to project folder and edit .project file.

• Remove the following lines (it will disable failing JavaScript validator):

  
    org.eclipse.wst.jsdt.core.javascriptValidator
    
    
  
  

• Save file.

• Re-open Eclipse.