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Many software developers do not pay enough attention to the shutdown (also referred to as undeploy) of the applications they write. In fact, the most popular shutdown mechanism is to execute Ctl+C or ...

While Apache continues to rule the web server roost, a host of lighter and zippier web and application servers may now be a better choice to host your high-performance web-based apps. They focus on ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Having introduced its Modern Web Application (MWA) pattern for Java developers late last year, Microsoft is now promoting the cloud-centric concept further by highlighting the benefits of the ...

Struggling with Java Web Start errors on Windows 11? This comprehensive guide walks you through common issues, step-by-step ...

Write once, run everywhere: that's the slogan the Java community uses to propagate their language-of-choice. It's probably true, but only if you first manage to set up the beast on your box. This ...

TheServerSide has published a number of articles on the tenets of effective RESTful web service design, along with examples of how to actually create a cloud-native application using Spring Boot and ...