Web Servers on Unix and Linux - OT: ? What is Tomcat?

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OT: ? What is Tomcat?

Randell D.

2005-08-18, 5:51 pm

Folks,

I've had a look at http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/ but I can't find
reference to what Tomcat is exactly... Correct me if I am wrong but I
understood that one could serve Java applets from any server - I can't
see the benifits of Tomcat.

I ask because I see a job spec that asks for it as a requirement -
Sometimes it is a regular requirement.... I ask in this ng because it
gets Apache web server posts and my ISP doesn't have a tomcat related group.

I'd hope someone could help...

Thanks
Randell D.

David Dorward

2005-08-18, 5:51 pm

Randell D. wrote:

> I've had a look at http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/ but I can't find
> reference to what Tomcat is exactly... Correct me if I am wrong but I
> understood that one could serve Java applets from any server

Tomcat is a servlet container - it executes servlets and returns the result
(usually an HTML document) to the browser. The Java runs on the server (as
opposed to applets where the Java runs on the client).

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