Re: Where to find decent free or cheap Java hosting?
Knute Johnson wrote:
Lew wrote:
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If you aren't familiar with Java EE, here are some good references to
get you started:
<http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javaee/documentation/index.html>
<http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-7.0-doc/index.html>
<https://www.ibm.com/search/csass/search/?sn=dw&lang=en&cc=US&en=
=utf&hpp=20&dws=dw&q=Java+EE&Search=Search>
<http://glassfish.java.net/docs/index.html>
Thanks Lew and Arne for the info. This isn't my area of knowledge but I=
was curious what Daniel was looking for.
Extra note:
Tomcat is significantly more lightweight [*] than full-fledged app servers =
like Glassfish, Geronimo or JBoss. It supports servlets and related technol=
ogy (JSP, JSF, Facelets) out of the box, given the right JARs in the classp=
ath. JPA (Java Persistence API) works with Tomcat, as indeed it does with s=
tandalone apps, for all that it's a Java EE specification. (EclipseLink, Ap=
ache OpenJPA and Hibernate are the Big Three for JPA.) For that matter, you=
can get EJBs in Tomcat by adding Apache OpenEJB.
At some point you might want the full Monty: all the acronyms from CDI to W=
S. That's when you reach for the heavyweight [*] servers. It doesn't hurt t=
hat the full-spec servers like the three mentioned all have dashboards to c=
ontrol everything from server configuration to logging to class loaders to =
database connections to ...
I've found in practice that Tomcat plus JPA and JSF/Facelets does pretty mu=
ch everything you need, unless you want to put httpd in front of Tomcat, wh=
ich is really a good idea. There are use cases for the big guns, but I'm ha=
rd pressed to come up with a compelling one.
--
Lew