title: JSP debugging in IntelliJ IDEA
body: <p>Does anyone know how to debug <code>JSP</code> in <strong>IntelliJ</strong> IDEA?</p>
  
  <p>When I set breakpoint in my <code>JSP</code> files, those breakpoints never seem to take effect. The debugger never hits them. IDEA seems to think that the breakpoints are valid. I do see a red dot placed to the left of the line where I place my breakpoint.</p>
  
  <p>I read in IntelliJ forum <a href="http://intellij.net/forums/thread.jspa;jsessionid=2B86A25AECC06A4BE3447388882AA79F?messageID=5218405&amp;#5218405" rel="noreferrer">in this post</a> that <code>JSP</code> files need to be under web-inf for debugging to work. </p>
  
  <p>But then I also read that <code>JSP</code> files placed under web-inf won't be directly accessible by the user.</p>
  
  <p>I am not sure who's really right. </p>