I cannot create a dynamic web application in eclipse

Question

I cannot create a new dynamic web application in eclipse. If I click on a new project from the file menu, it will not display the “dynamic web application” option. It does not show the Internet option. I am running eclipse 3.4.0.

Can anyone help with this?

Answer 1

To see this type of "new project":

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Could you check:

• if you have WTP installed with your Eclipse configuration?
• what perspective are you in right now? (try Java or, even better, J2EE, as mentioned in this IBM article, “Building Web Applications with Eclipse, WTP, and Derby” )

Answer 2

To create dynamic web projects

you need Java EE Devleoper Tools

• Go to Help-> Install New Software.
• Select 'Juno - http://download.eclipse.org/releases/juno ' from the drop-down list
• Expand "Web, XML, Java EE, and OSGI Enterprise Development"
• Check the "Eclipse Java EE Developer Tools" checkbox

After installation, you can create a new → Other → Dynamic web project