如何在本地计算机上为远程tomcat服务器制作Web应用程序

Question

I have installed a Tomcat 9 on an Ubuntu server 18.04 running on a VM and now I want to deploy an example app wrote by me so I can at least get the hang of it.

Now the problem is all of the tutorials I've found on how to write a web app for tomcat and then deploy it(I wanted to make the web app on my local machine and then deploy it as a WAR file to the server running on my VM) tell me that I need a runtime target which needs to be the server.

Seeing how my server is running on a VM I do not know how or if it is possible to use a remote target.

Now my question is: Is there any way to write a web app in Java for a Tomcat server(I've installed Eclipse for this, but I can use any other IDE) without having the server installed on my local machine?

Answer 1

Tomcat is a server which is used to run you web application so if you are writing the code you dont need a server up and running on your local machine. Tomcat server or any server is needed if you want to deploy your application may be for your testing before you deploy