Accessing war Deployments in webapps - :8080// webapps belongs to Tomcat. Drop wars in there. Do NOTHING ELSE in there. When a war file is dropped into webapps, Tomcat sniffs it and deploys it in a directory of the same name. - If the war file is removed, the deployed app is also removed. - If the war file is replaced, it redeploys. GWT is a framework that converts Java to Javascript. This is accomplished by 'ant devmode' To prepare for deployment, use ant war Copy war file in top directory to webapps.