Error : No project found - Running GWT in client mode only

I am trying to set up a project where I want to use the GWT app on the client side only that is going to interact with another remote server.

However, before I implement the CORS option, I just want to run the client only part by eliminating all the server side code and deleting their corresponding module.

The GWT project is generated with the Tbroyer archetypes modular web-app.

This is what I did so far :

- copied the webapp folder from the web-project-server/src/main to web-project-client/src/main

- deleted the web-project-server and web-project-shared folders.

- updated the web-project-client's packaging from gwt-app to war

- kept the main pom packaging to "pom" because, soon the client's project is going to  have another modules(maven).

- deleted all reference to the two modules in the main pom.xml file.

So, if I run mvn clean install I can see that a war file is generated that can be deployed let's say to a Jboss/ wildfly server app.

However, from the main folder where the main pom.xml file is, I have an error of No project found if I run mvn gwt:codeserver -pl *-client -am

is there any other tweak I should consider on both poms xml file?

Notice that, if the packaging is kept to gwt-app in the client module, codeserver/devmode runs without a problem but I will have no reference the webapp files (index.html, css) because they won't be referenced.

Please advise.

this the content of my main pom.xml file : 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>

<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">

  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>

  <groupId>com.example</groupId>

  <artifactId>web-app</artifactId>

  <version>HEAD-SNAPSHOT</version>

  <packaging>pom</packaging>

  <properties>

    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>

  </properties>

  <dependencyManagement>

    <dependencies>

      <dependency>

        <groupId>org.gwtproject</groupId>

        <artifactId>gwt</artifactId>

        <version>2.11.0</version>

        <type>pom</type>

        <scope>import</scope>

      </dependency>

    </dependencies>

  </dependencyManagement>

  <build>

    <plugins>

      <plugin>

        <groupId>net.ltgt.gwt.maven</groupId>

        <artifactId>gwt-maven-plugin</artifactId>

        <inherited>false</inherited>

        <configuration>

          <moduleName>com.example.WebAppClient</moduleName>

          <launcherDir>${project.build.directory}/gwt/launcherDir</launcherDir>

          <!-- To be able to use gwt:devmode (useful on Windows where Ctrl+C won't kill gwt:codeserver)-->

          <warDir>${project.build.directory}/gwt/launcherDir</warDir>

          <devmodeArgs>

            <arg>-noserver</arg>

            <arg>-startupUrl</arg>

            <arg>app/index.html</arg>

          </devmodeArgs>

        </configuration>

      </plugin>

    </plugins>

    <pluginManagement>

      <plugins>

        <plugin>

          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>

          <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>

          <version>3.12.1</version>

          <configuration>

            <release>11</release>

          </configuration>

        </plugin>

        <plugin>

          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>

          <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>

          <version>3.3.1</version>

        </plugin>

        <plugin>

          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>

          <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>

          <version>3.2.5</version>

        </plugin>

        <plugin>

          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>

          <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>

          <version>3.4.0</version>

        </plugin>

        <plugin>

          <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>

          <artifactId>jetty-maven-plugin</artifactId>

          <version>11.0.19</version>

        </plugin>

        <plugin>

          <groupId>net.ltgt.gwt.maven</groupId>

          <artifactId>gwt-maven-plugin</artifactId>

          <version>1.1.0</version>

          <extensions>true</extensions>

          <configuration>

            <sourceLevel>11</sourceLevel>

            <failOnError>true</failOnError>

          </configuration>

        </plugin>

      </plugins>

    </pluginManagement>

  </build>

  <modules>

    <module>web-app-client</module>

  </modules>

</project>

and this is the content of my client module pom.xml file : 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">

  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>

  <parent>

    <groupId>com.example</groupId>

    <artifactId>web-app</artifactId>

    <version>HEAD-SNAPSHOT</version>

  </parent>

  <artifactId>web-app-client</artifactId>

  <!-- <packaging>gwt-app</packaging> -->

  <packaging>war</packaging>

  <dependencies>

    <dependency>

      <groupId>org.gwtproject</groupId>

      <artifactId>gwt-user</artifactId>

    </dependency>

    <dependency>

      <groupId>org.gwtproject</groupId>

      <artifactId>gwt-dev</artifactId>

    </dependency>

  </dependencies>

  <build>

    <plugins>

      <plugin>

        <groupId>net.ltgt.gwt.maven</groupId>

        <artifactId>gwt-maven-plugin</artifactId>

        <configuration>

          <moduleName>com.example.WebAppClient</moduleName>

          <moduleShortName>app</moduleShortName>

        </configuration>

      </plugin>

    </plugins>

  </build>

</project>

what am i missing?

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