When I began to write server-side web applications, there were two mainstream choices: if you wanted the program to execute quickly, you chose C, and if you wanted to write the program quickly, you ...

Request handling is the bread and butter of Java web application development. In order to respond to requests from the network, a Java web application must first determine what code will respond to ...

The first two articles in the Hello, OSGi series have laid the groundwork for understanding how the OSGi service platform works. In this final installment, you’ll learn how OSGi’s pluggable, component ...

Many Java professionals are interested in learning the basics about RESTful Web services, but they often find tutorials that are overly complicated. In this quick tip, we’re going right back to the ...

Two of the most widely used Java application servers today are Apache Tomcat and Red Hat's JBoss Enterprise Application Platform. Both servers can handle development and production, but how do you ...