Tomcat Review

It has sufficient documentation for application development but it needs to be improved to handle JNDI resources.

Valuable Features:

  • Lightweight
  • Configurable
  • High-performance
  • Cross-platform
  • Open source 
  • It has sufficient documentation for application development

Room for Improvement:

The cluster management and load balancing is a bit complex. Also, they need to improve the documentation to handle JNDI resources.

Use of Solution:

I've used it for 10 years.

Deployment Issues:

Deployment is simple, however, a limitation is hot deployment.

Stability Issues:

No issues encountered.

Cost and Licensing Advice:

No costs.

Other Solutions Considered:

If you were to have no JEE applications, then it is advisable, otherwise the application server falls short.

**Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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