Debug Playframework in Eclipse

Question

I just moved from Netbeans to Eclipse. In Netbeans, I can debug Playframework applications out of the box. However, in Eclipse, it seems hard to configure this in order to debug

Answer 1

First of all, you have created the configuration files for Eclipse by using the play eclipsify YourProject command, right? (If not, see Play framework documentation for more information.)

After that, you should have a folder named eclipse in your project. In it, you should see commands Connect JDPA to YourProject.launch, YourProject.launch and Test YourProject.launch.

Right-click on the YourProject.launch and choose Run As --> YourProject from the pop-up menu. That will start your application. When the application is running, right-click on the Connect JDPA to YourProject.launch, and choose Debug As --> Connect JDPA to YourProject.launch from the pop-up menu. That will start a debug session on your application.