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 ...

Like other Java enterprise tools, Tomcat has migrated from the original Java EE specification to Jakarta EE. Tomcat 9 and earlier were based on Java EE; Tomcat 10 and later are based on Jakarta EE.

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 ...

All the cool new programming languages, like Ruby, always have compilers/interpreters and tools for Linux, and the old UNIX standbys like Tcl/Tk are still around when you need them. Why, then, is Java ...

One of the most extended belief about web applications is that most of them are insecure. This opinion is supported by statistics published by SANS [1] which show that almost half the vulnerabilities ...

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How do you find out what is happening to a running Java application? You can find Notepad.jar in $JAVA_HOME/demo/jfc/Notepad. Once the Notepad application has started ...

Oracle has released a software update to fix a critical security vulnerability in its Java software that miscreants and malware have been exploiting to break into vulnerable computers. This update ...

It seems like every other day, Java has another security hole that everybody craps their pants over. Can you settle the Java debate for me once and for all? What is it, really? Is it the same as ...