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About Apache Tomcat

What is Apache Tomcat?

Tomcat, formerly known as Jakarta Tomcat, is an open web server solution and servlet container developed by the Apache Software Foundation. Tomcat is written in Java. In fact, Tomcat uses Java Servlet to provide a pure Java server environment for running your code. It includes a number of configuration and management tools as well as the option to be configured directly through the editing of XML configuration files. Since Tomcat is developed by Apache, you know you can rely on a large community of experienced developers to help you with any software questions you may have along the way.

Apache Tomcat Benefits

Are you interested in developing with Tomcat? It's a good choice. Here is a breakdown of just some of the benefits of using Tomcat.

• High-Performance - Tomcat is a lightweight web server featuring essential features without being bogged down with unnecessary bloat.
• Free To Use - As an open source solution, Tomcat is available for your use at no cost.
• Popularity & Compatability with Java - Tomcat is the most widely used web server for Java applications.
• Versatility - With Tomcat being a lightweight web server, you can customize it to your liking with built-in customizations.
• Reliability - Tomcat runs separately from Apache. That means your server will continue to run even if Tomcat fails at some point.
• Enhanced Security - You can install Tomcat behind an additional firewall that can only be accessed from your Apache install.
• Mature Server - Tomcat was released in 1998, so you're not using a "fly-by-night" solution by any means!
• Support - You'll find a wealth of online Tomcat documentation to help you along the way.

Tomcat History

Tomcat was developed by Sun Microsystems software architect James Duncan Davidson. It's first public release was version 2.0 in 1998. Since many open source projects had O'Reilly books featuring animals on their covers, Davidson wanted to name his project after an animal. Davidson chose "Tomcat" as its name because it could fend for itself. This was the case even though there was already an O'Reilly book featuring a Tomcat on its cover. In 2003, Davidson got his wish when the Tomcat O'Reilly book was published featuring a snow leopard on its cover. Apache Ant, a build automation tool, was developed as a side project of Tomcat by Davidson. Tomcat was later released as an open source project and donated to the Apache Software Foundation.

Davidson has gone on to author a number of web development books including  Learning Cocoa with Objective-C, Cocoa in a Nutshell, Running Mac OS X Panther, and Mac OS X Panther Hacks. He also began to write a number of powerful Ruby on Rails applications.