As Java Web application frameworks have become more powerful and flexible, they’ve also become more complex. John O’Hanley’s WEB4J framework in many ways flies in the face of this trend: it offers few ...

Java Enterprise Edition, or Java EE (previously called J2EE), is a powerful but notoriously complex platform for developing server-side applications. Since its early days, complexity has long been ...

Adobe Systems has unveiled Apollo, an intriguing new runtime code project: It gives users an alternative for building Web-based applications that can also run on the desktop independent of a browser.

What is the best application server? The answer depends on what an enterprise is looking for. Compare Apache Tomcat to these four offerings to see which Java app server fits. Continue Reading ...