Guide: Beginners Overview Guide to Java Runtimes

Jakarta EE

Ever wondered about all the names involved with running Java web applications? Web Server, Application Server, Application Runtime and so on? 

In this guide, we dive a bit deeper in to the terms to help elimate some of the confusion! 

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  1. Joseph McCay

    Download doesn’t work.

    1. Jadon Ortlepp

      Thanks for highlighting. Fixed now!

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