I'm probably just missing something obvious, but the 'update' button in IntelliJ IDEA's GWT DevMode tool seems to update only client-side code: any hints about forcing the embedded server to restart or reload classes (something like the 'Restart Server' button in the 'Jetty' tab available in the standalone GUI of DevMode)?
[IntelliJ IDEA 10.0.3; GWT 2.2; Mac OS X 10.6.7]
Currently the option to reload server-side classes isn't available in IDEA. We have an issue about that in our tracker: http://youtrack.jetbrains.net/issue/IDEA-49503. Feel free to vote/watch/comment it.