Teammates: Fix error when doing fresh setup on IntelliJ IDEA 2018.1

[nashmia-riaz]

I can't run the server in Intellij Idea.

• Commit SHA: 8ad5768d4007a1fd5e8eca729975d779840b1126
• Operating System: Windows 10
• JDK Version: 1.8
• Node.js Version: v8.10.0
• Google Cloud SDK Version: 196.0.0
• Eclipse / IntelliJ Version (if applicable): Intellij Ultimate 2018.1

What I was trying to do / What I need help with
I am trying to set up the environment for Intellij Idea and get the NoSuchFileException error, saying that appengine-web.xml doesn't exist.

Attempts to resolve the problem
I've tried to setup the environment again several times now, following the tutorials listed here and here but to no success.

[wkurniawan07]

appengine-web.xml doesn't exist.

If it doesn't exist, that's a step in the setting up guide missed. Is it a problem where it actually exists but IntelliJ fails to recognize it?

[nashmia-riaz]

@wkurniawan07 I don't think I missed a step as I managed to fix the problem by downgrading my Intellij Idea to 2017.3.5.

[whipermr5]

@nashmia-riaz I'm using IntelliJ Ultimate 2018.1 too and it's working fine, though I set up the project on an earlier version. Did you confirm that appengine-web.xml existed when you were on 2018.1?

[nashmia-riaz]

@whipermr5 Apologies for not stating earlier. As far as I can tell, it wasn't being created on 2018.1. Only two folders (WEB-INF and META-INF) would get created in teammates.war.

[whipermr5]

So src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/appengine-web.xml existed but was not copied over? Also, now that you've gotten it working in 2017.3.5, does it work if you upgrade to 2018.1? That would help verify the problem.

[nashmia-riaz]

@whipermr5 yes, that is true. It does exist in src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/appengine-web.xml but is not copied over into the out folder.

The problem persists. Here's what I know:

1. I can't set up a new environment on 2018.1. It tells me that appengine-web.xml doesn't exist in the out folder. However, I can set up that same environment in 2017.3.5 without any errors.
2. (This is trivial but) I can run an environment I have already set up in 2017.3.5 using 2018.1.

Let me know what else I can do to help figure this out.

[whipermr5]

@nashmia-riaz Thanks for the report! I was able to reproduce the issue upon performing a fresh setup on IntelliJ IDEA 2018.1:

[whipermr5]

Somehow the exploded war folder only contains these:

The expected behaviour is that it should contain all these:

[nashmia-riaz]

@whipermr5 this is exactly the problem I faced. 👍

[whipermr5]

The problem seems to be fixed in 2018.1.1 (it was probably this issue). @nashmia-riaz can verify?

[nashmia-riaz]

Yes, I can confirm. Local server is up and running now.