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Does the new WAR output directory layout require me to use Java on the server-side?

April 26, 2017directory Java layout output require server-side War

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Does the new WAR output directory layout require me to use Java on the server-side?

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Like in previous versions of GWT, you can always use the server-side of your choice to deploy your GWT application. The new WAR output directory structure that the GWT compiler uses to generate output has only been introduced in GWT 1.6 to make it easier for developers who use Java on the server-side to deploy their applications directly from the generated output, as is the case for the Google Plugin for Eclipse. All you need to do to deploy your GWT application your custom web server is to extract the important files generated during the GWT compilation and place them on your web server. These files are the .nocache.js and other .cache.html files. For more information on the generated files, check out this FAQ which describes them in more detail. The generated JS and HTML files are placed in the war/ folder during compilation. All you need to do is copy these files to your web server’s active directory, as well as any other static resources required by your appl