Applications
- Web Hosting for Java Applications:
- Tomcat is widely used for hosting Java-based applications on the web.
- It implements the Java Servlet and JavaServer Pages (JSP) specifications.
- Embedded Servers:
- Tomcat can be embedded within other applications or services.
- Developers often use it as an embedded servlet container for lightweight deployments.
- Commonly used for enterprise applications involving:
- Java Expression Language
- Java Servlet
- Java WebSockets
- Java Server Pages2
- Web Applications Deployment:
- Each web application comprises resources such as HTML with Java code, Server Pages, Java Servlets, libraries, and other items required to execute the program.
- These web applications are stored in Tomcat’s “webapps” directory as folders or WAR (Web Application Archive) files
How to Start Tomcat Server ?
Tomcat is a free and open-source web server. It was developed at Sun Microsystems (an American technology company, currently acquired by Oracle). Tomcat is the implementation of Java EE (Java Enterprise Edition) in the newer version of Jakarta Package (Jakarta EE). It supports Jakarta Servlet, Jakarta Server Page, Jakarta Expression Languages, Jakarta WebSockets, etc. It provides a “JAVA HTTP” web server.
History About Tomact
- Tomcat is a lightweight Java application server initially developed by Sun Microsystems in 1998. It was handled by the Apache Software Foundation in 1999.
- The latest version of Apache Tomcat is the Tomcat 9 version.
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