title: GWT and Google Eclipse Plugin: is it possible to run the server in a separate JVM?
body: <p>I have a GWT project that contains both the GWT UI and the server backend. The server backend contains the <a href="https://developers.google.com/web-toolkit/doc/latest/DevGuideServerCommunication#DevGuideRemoteProcedureCalls" rel="nofollow">Java GWT Services</a> that are exposed via GWT's RPC to the UI.</p>
  
  <p>Since the project has grown quite a bit, with the backend requiring more and more time to start, I am considering moving the UI to a separate project, with the idea to <em>run the backend in a separate VM</em>. The backend is relatively stable, and it is the UI where we spent most time. With the two in separate VMs, we could work on the UI much more efficiently, since we would only reload the UI (in GWT development mode) and leave the backend running.</p>
  
  <p><strong>My question:</strong> Is it possible to configure the Google Eclipse Plugin in such a way that it runs the UI and backend in separate VMs and I can still use the GWT development mode?</p>
  
  <p>The project uses GWT 2.4 and we will update to 2.5 as soon as it is out. We use Maven as the build system.</p>