Deploy Mini UI Spec

Problem

"Redeploy" present in todays' NB Builds (June 17 2004) does not make sense to some developers as a standalone action. Deploying is a common action for webapps and J2EE developers. See issue 44227

Requirements

User can access deploy actions easily from the project
Maintain consistency with the other projects (i.e. Run action)

Spec

This spec applies to Web Applications projects.

Contextual Menu: Web Project Node (note placement of Deploy action)

New                        >
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Build Project
Clean & Build Project
Clean Project
Generate Javadoc for Project
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Run Project
Run Project in Debugger
Deploy                    >
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Configure Deployment      >
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Set as Main Project
Open Required Projects
Close Project
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Find...
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Delete
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Tools                      >
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Properties

"Deploy" context menu items

Menu items	Description
Deploy Project	Enabled if the project is not deployed on the server. If not deployed, it will build the project if needed, start the server if needed, and deploy the project to the server. Output window with the app server's appropriate log will be fronted, so the user can see the success/failure of the action.
Redeploy Project	Enabled if the project is already deployed on the server. It will undeploy the project from the server and do the "Deploy Project" action.
Undeploy Project	Enabled if the project is already deployed on the server. Will undeploy the project.

Notes on Run:

"Run Project" will perform the same action as Deploy, however, it will also launch a browser if the "Display Browser on Run" option is selected in the Project Properties, "Running Project" panel.
"Run Project in Debugger" will do the same as above, but will run the project with the server in debug mode. If a server is running but is not in debug mode, the server will be stopped, and started in debug mode.