anonymous wrote : I really don't want to restart the container every time i change a *xhtml file You should run you application from an exploded folder. For my AuthApplication I have a folder named AuthApplication.ear Inside there is META-INF, AuthEJB.jar (exploded folder), AuthWebApp.war (exploded folder) and libraries. Note: There was a thread in this forum that said that the libraries can be moved inside a /lib folder according to the latest specs. This way you can skip declaring them in the web.xml With this structure, every modification to a resource file in the AuthWebApp.war folder is applied directly to the application without redeployment. Currently I'm using an evaluation copy of IntelliJ IDEA which automatically deploys my application upon server start through a run configuration. The log states: anonymous wrote : [EARDeployer] Init J2EE application: file:/D:/AuthProject/exploded/AuthApplication.ear/ I think the whole project structure I showed here is guided by IntelliJ. I think it can be moved to Ant/Maven build without a problem. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4068711#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...