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 ...

This guide is designed to explain what a Web App or Web Application is and what they are used for. A web application, often referred to as a web app, is an application that is accessed via a web ...

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 ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. Web clients should never hit an application server directly. Instead, all web-based requests ...

We've all had an experience in which the software is installed on the servers, the network is connected and the application is running. Naturally, the next step is to think, "I wonder how much traffic ...

This alternative to Internet Information Services, which Microsoft uses for its own services, delivers modern dynamic web applications on common server platforms or in containers. Microsoft’s Internet ...

Oracle on Thursday previewed a major update of its WebLogic app server. Oracle WebLogic Server 12c is being billed as the corner stone of the company's Cloud Application Foundation and a core ...