To understand how to do proper application server development, you need to understand how the two basic containers of an application server work, namely the Web container and the EJB container. This ...

Chances are good that the average reader thinks a Java application server basically provides an implementation of the servlet specification, probably an implementation of JavaServer Pages, and perhaps ...

As noted in Part 1 in this series, embedded Web Applications use the same HTTP communications mechanism as your bank account or the latest game on your smartphone. And why not? The HTTP protocol is ...

While Apache continues to rule the web server roost, a host of lighter and zippier web and application servers may now be a better choice to host your high-performance web-based apps. They focus on ...

While both Web and app servers face pressing security issues, the latter is increasingly in the firing line as more users are now utilizing mobile devices to access apps. The risk is further ...