Classes not seeing each other in JSP

Question

In a tomcat JSP application I have this directory layout:

webapps/
    myProjectName/
        index.jsp
        WEB-INF/
            classes/
                myp         


        

Answer 1

I don't understand why some people are so against using Eclipse or Netbeans (or any IDE). I realise some people prefer manual drive to automatic because you tend to feel the raw power of the engine. I learnt to drive using automatic and then got used to driving manual. I am proficient manual driver now thro learning driving with automatic. I can even handle excavators now, rather proficiently (I dug the hole for the house I am building).

Same with Java. You let Netbeans or Eclipse construct the whole web-app structure for you and then you inspect the structure. Play around with the ant build. Learn from the IDE by mucking around with it.

I know that some people believe that without an IDE, you would expose yourself to the raw compilation process and hence would have a "deeper" understanding of the build process. REALLY? Don't waste your time. Let the IDE do it for you. You will learn the build process faster if you are willing to inspect the files and structure produced by the IDE.