I second that. Use the exploded deploy and also use the incremental deployment (classes in WEB-INF/dev - it's all in the link smith just mentioned). I make a change to an XHTML file or java class and then hit the run external tools button on my Eclipse toolbar (this is set to run the last Ant build - change your default task in your project to explode rather than deploy). This deploys any changes. You have to leave whatever conversation you are in - for me this is a logout of my app. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4079455#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...