title: Why isn't eclipse deploying my Dynamic Web Project correctly?
body: <p>Here's the problem: I have a java "dynamic web project" under source control and checked out in my eclipse workspace. Before, I was able to run a servlet on a local Tomcat server from within eclipse. However, I pulled some changes which got rid of some files and added some new ones. </p>
  
  <p>Now Eclipse looks like it's not deploying the web app to the tomcat directory. I looked at the folder where Eclipse previously deployed it (under .metadata) but nothing gets copied there anymore. I figure there's something wrong with my build configuration, what are some possible causes or steps to go through to find out the problem? </p>
  
  <p>I am however able to deploy/run the web app with an Ant script that I have written, and it works correctly when executed. </p>