This summary describes a Java-based, open-source web server that is fully equipped with necessary features, follows industry standards, and is available for public use.
Jetty, a web server software, has been around since 1995, and has since been developed by a stable core of lead developers as well as input from a vast user community. Thanks to this consistent and focused development, Jetty is now one of the most reliable and versatile web servers available in the market.
Jetty is so widely used that there are tens of thousands of production instances of it, many of which can be found on the Jetty Powered Page. Although Jetty aims to be unobtrusive, countless websites and products are based on Jetty, making it an invisible yet important component of the web infrastructure.
This web server software can be used in a variety of contexts. It can function as a stand-alone traditional web server for static and dynamic content, a dynamic content server behind a dedicated HTTP server like Apache using mod_proxy, or an embedded component within a Java application.
Thanks to its flexibility, Jetty is encountered in various environments. It is shipped with products like Tapestry and Liferay as part of their out-of-the-box functionality, distributed on CDs with books to provide ready-to-run examples and exercises, incorporated into applications as an HTTP transport like JXTA and MX4J, integrated as a web container in JavaEE app servers like Geronimo, JOnAS, JBoss, and JFox, or included as a component of an application such as FishEye, Continuum, and Maven.
Overall, Jetty is a reliable and versatile web server software that can be used in a variety of contexts, making it an excellent choice for many developers and businesses.
Jetty is so widely used that there are tens of thousands of production instances of it, many of which can be found on the Jetty Powered Page. Although Jetty aims to be unobtrusive, countless websites and products are based on Jetty, making it an invisible yet important component of the web infrastructure.
This web server software can be used in a variety of contexts. It can function as a stand-alone traditional web server for static and dynamic content, a dynamic content server behind a dedicated HTTP server like Apache using mod_proxy, or an embedded component within a Java application.
Thanks to its flexibility, Jetty is encountered in various environments. It is shipped with products like Tapestry and Liferay as part of their out-of-the-box functionality, distributed on CDs with books to provide ready-to-run examples and exercises, incorporated into applications as an HTTP transport like JXTA and MX4J, integrated as a web container in JavaEE app servers like Geronimo, JOnAS, JBoss, and JFox, or included as a component of an application such as FishEye, Continuum, and Maven.
Overall, Jetty is a reliable and versatile web server software that can be used in a variety of contexts, making it an excellent choice for many developers and businesses.
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