There are many application servers on the market today, but which are right for you as a developer? This session looks at the popular application servers—including Tomcat, TomEE, GlassFish, Jetty, WebSphere, Oracle WebLogic Server, Liberty Profile, and JBoss—and analyzes them from the point of view of a developer. It focuses on performance, config management, open source compliance, feature richness, tooling, and developer productivity, among others. Come to this session to learn about the main differences between the application servers on the market today and understand which might be best for your needs.

1. THE ADVENTUROUS
DEVELOPERS GUIDE
TO APP SERVERS
SIMON MAPLE
@SJMAPLE
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3. YOUR SPEAKER
SIMON MAPLE
@SJMAPLE
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4. MY AUDIENCE
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Tomcat Jetty GlassFish Liberty Profile JBoss WebSphere WebLogic
Using Happy with
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5. WHAT IS AN
APPLICATION SERVER?
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6. WIKIPEDIA
“JAVA PLATFORM, ENTERPRISE EDITION
OR JAVA EE DEFINES THE CORE
SET OF API AND FEATURES OF
JAVA APPLICATION SERVERS”
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8. METRICS
DOWNLOAD & INSTALLATION
TOOLING SUPPORT
SERVER CONFIGURATION
DOCS AND COMMUNITY
PERFORMANCE METRICS
FEATURES
ADMIN & MANAGEMENT/UI
COST & LICENSING
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16. DOWNLOAD & INSTALLATION
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17. TOOLING SUPPORT
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20. TOOLING SUPPORT
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21. SERVER CONFIGURATION
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24. SERVER CONFIGURATION
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25. DOCS AND COMMUNITY
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28. DOCS AND COMMUNITY
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29. PERFORMANCE METRICS
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32. *N.B* This has improved in version 8.5.5 since this report has been released. For
more info, check out the WASdev site’s review and commentary of this report :)
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33. PERFORMANCE METRICS
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35. Founder/CEO Jevgeni “Hosselhuff” Kabanov gets ready to save
more Java developers from redeploy madness with JRebel
YEH, WE SAVE LIVES
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36. FEATURES
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39. FEATURES & OS COMPATIBILITY
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40. ADMIN & MANAGEMENT/UI
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45. COST & LICENSING
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49. RESULTS
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50. RESULTS
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51. WHAT DO YOU REALLY
CARE ABOUT?
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52. Your Ranking
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Tomcat GlassFish JBoss Liberty Profile Jetty
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53. REBEL LABS == AWESOME
99.9% NON-PRODUCT RELATED
TECH REPORTS WRITTEN BY OUR
DEVELOPERS
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54. REBEL LABS == AWESOME
JAVA 8,
CONTINUOUS DELIVERY,
JVM LANGUAGES,
JVM WEB FRAMEWORKS,
DEV PRODUCTIVITY REPORTS...
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55. REBEL LABS == AWESOME
AND...
THE GREAT APPLICATION SERVER DEBATE
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56. SIMON MAPLE
@SJMAPLE
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