Hello Wojtek,
So obviously the following is a little biased but I'm sure you
expect that since you're asking a GlassFish mailing list. Also,
you would probably need to describe your project a little more
in order to get a more detailed answer. Java EE 5 is just very
large and GlassFish has a lot to offer in may areas.
Having said this:
- GlassFish is on it's way to deliver the second version of a
Java EE 5 compliant product (most likely in September). JBoss
is not yet Java EE 5 compliant (I understand version 5 will be).
Being the reference implementation makes GlassFish ideal to
learn Java EE 5 also with tutorials, samples and tools all up
to speed with Java EE 5.
- If you intend to use web services, I believe Metro (the name
of the stack grouping together JAX-WS, JAXB and WSIT) has great
performance, usability, and extensibility. See
http://wiki.apache.org/ws/StackComparison and
http://weblogs.java.net/blog/kohsuke/archive/2007/02/jaxws_ri_21_ben.html
- On the administration side of things, both the Web Console and
the CLI are fully featured and often cited as a big plus for
GlassFish.
- Overall we believe to have a product with very good performance
out of the box (thanks to Grizzly and many other enhancements
throughout the application server).
There a are probably other things worth mentioning but you would
need to provide some details on your project/application goals
first.
Have a look at the "Stories" blog to see why and how others are
using GlassFish in production:
http://blogs.sun.com/stories .
cheers,
-Alexis
glassfish_at_javadesktop.org wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I will be developing a new project shortly, but I still do not know which application server to choose.
>
> There are many Glassfish vs. JBoss comparisons, but I did not find any recent one.
>
> What are the main pros and cons for Glassfish/JBoss for today?
> Which one would you reccomend for a semilarge project for a person starting its adventures with JEE5?
>
> Thanks for replies in advance.
>
> Kind regards,
> WB.
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