this tutorial will walk you through out how to install jetty on eclipse , so you can run web applications on jetty directly from eclipse ide.

as i mentioned on a previous post ( installing and running jetty ), i am trying to use jetty instead of tomcat . what i like about tomcat is that eclipse has native support to it. you can quickly go to the servers view and add a new tomcat server instance in less than a minute. but eclipse does not have native support to jetty, and i did some research of how to do the same easy way with jetty as well.

i found this plugin run-jetty-run hosted on google code and it is very simple to use. so in this post i will show how to install it within eclipse and in the next post i will show how it is easy to use.

there are two ways of installing a plugin on eclipse now: using eclipse marketplace or the old way which is install new software.

eclipse marketplace

the link of run-jetty_run plugin on marketplace is: http://marketplace.eclipse.org/content/run-jetty-run

1 – open eclipse , go to the help -> eclipse marketplace:

2 – search for run-jetty-run and click on install:

3 – confirm the installation of the plugin:

4 – review and accept the licence and click on finish:

5 – wait while the plugin is being installed and then restart eclipse .

old way - install new software

1 – open eclipse , go to the help -> install new software:

2 – click on add, then fill the form with name:jetty (or whatever you like) and location: http://run-jetty-run.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/updatesite

3 – select the plugin and click on next:

4 – confirm the installation of the plugin:

5 – review and accept the licence and click on finish:

6 – wait while the plugin is being installed and then restart eclipse .

on next post, we will see how to use it.

happy coding!

from http://loianegroner.com/2011/07/jetty-and-eclipse-integration/