title: Most efficient way to develop using WAR files?
body: <p>So I'm really new to the Java webstack world, and had a question on the most efficient solution to my problem.  Some background information first; I'm running Tomcat on a Lubuntu 14.04 server listening on Port 80, developing on a separate Windows computer in Spring Tool Suite (developing Spring applications obviously).  Currently, whenever I want to test something, I...</p>
  
  <p>1) Export the project as a WAR file from Spring Tool Suite<br>
  2) Undeploy the old WAR file from the server from the Tomcat manager webapp<br>
  3) Deploy the new WAR file that I just got from Spring Tool Suite (which takes ~15 seconds)</p>
  
  <p>Is there any faster way to do this?  Normally, I wouldn't be opposed to just developing on localhost.  However, I'm going to be doing a group project, so we would all need access to the same SQL server, which would be the one hosted on the Lubuntu 14.04 server.</p>
  
  <p>How can I solve this issue?</p>