I'm taking the following course right now: "Develop websites with Java EE". I encounter a problem when creating the Dynamic Web Project because instead of having a WebContent folder like on all the tutorials I've seen, I get a src/main folder... What should I do to be able to have a WebContent folder

CodePudding user response：

The Eclipse for some reason replaced WebContent with webapp folder. It is basically a replacement for it, but if you really want WebContent you can download 2017 version. Here is the one that I have Eclipse Java EE IDE for Web Developers.

Version: Oxygen.1a Release (4.7.1a) Build id: 20171005-1200

CodePudding user response：

"WebContent" was replaced to form a layout more easily transitioned to building a .war file with headless tools like Gradle and Maven. No one should be deploying to a production environment from their IDE. "WebContent" was also fairly unique to Eclipse's Web Tools. There's nothing special about it.

You don't need an older version, only to enter a different value when the New Dynamic Web Project wizard asks you what you want to use as your Content Directory on the third page of the wizard (if you don't want to use the new default):