DZone
Java Zone
Thanks for visiting DZone today,
Edit Profile
  • Manage Email Subscriptions
  • How to Post to DZone
  • Article Submission Guidelines
Sign Out View Profile
  • Post an Article
  • Manage My Drafts
Over 2 million developers have joined DZone.
Log In / Join
  • Refcardz
  • Trend Reports
  • Webinars
  • Zones
  • |
    • Agile
    • AI
    • Big Data
    • Cloud
    • Database
    • DevOps
    • Integration
    • IoT
    • Java
    • Microservices
    • Open Source
    • Performance
    • Security
    • Web Dev
DZone > Java Zone > WebSphere V9 "Traditional" Now Java EE 7 Certified

WebSphere V9 "Traditional" Now Java EE 7 Certified

WebSphere V9 "traditional" has recently been fully Java EE 7 certified. As for WebSphere Liberty—also Java EE 7 certified—if you've not tried it, you should seriously consider giving it a go.

Reza Rahman user avatar by
Reza Rahman
CORE ·
Jul. 20, 16 · Java Zone · News
Like (5)
Save
Tweet
10.46K Views

Join the DZone community and get the full member experience.

Join For Free

WebSphere V9 "traditional" has recently been fully Java EE 7 certified. In case you are wondering, this is indeed the much maligned "kitchen sink" monolithic version of WebSphere—as opposed to the far more nimble WebSphere Liberty.

Given the very large and loyal customer base IBM has as well as the continued substantial usage rates for WebSphere traditional, this is sure to be a further boost to Java EE 7 adoption. In particular, it is important to note that WebSphere V9 also comes with support for Java SE 8.

WebSphere V9 joins the Java EE 7 compatible ranks of JBoss EAP 7, GlassFish 4, WildFly, WebSphere Liberty Profile 8.5, WebLogic 12.2.1, Hitachi Cosminexus, and TmaxSoft JEUS. All of the Java EE certified offerings are always listed on the official Java EE compatibility page. For some perspective, few other open standards such as SQL have as many available implementations as Java EE 7 already has (and this is bound to only just keep getting better).


You'll find the trial link for WebSphere V9 here. IBM senior staffer Tom Alcott has a nice technical write-up on the details of WebSphere V9 certainly including support on various cloud platforms including BlueMix. It should be noted that unlike WebSphere traditional, WebSphere Liberty was one of the earliest available commercial Java EE 7 certified application servers, certainly well ahead of WebLogic and JBoss EAP. You should really check out my WebSphere Liberty Java EE 7 compatibility announcement on The Aquarium, written while I was still at Oracle.

Other than for existing WebSphere traditional customers, it is honestly difficult to recommend it over WebSphere Liberty. Whatever you may think of the WebSphere brand, you will be doing yourself a disfavor if you do not take WebSphere Liberty seriously. You should definitely not let any open source prejudices unduly hinder your appreciation of the engineering work behind Liberty. It is absolutely one of the most modular, lightweight, and impressive performing (in every way) modern application platforms available today—Java EE or otherwise. Hopefully, that is food for some thought...
Java EE Java (programming language)

Published at DZone with permission of Reza Rahman, DZone MVB. See the original article here.

Opinions expressed by DZone contributors are their own.

Popular on DZone

  • IntelliJ Integration for Mockito
  • DevOps Security Checklist for Kubernetes
  • 5 Options for Deploying Microservices
  • Kubernetes Data Simplicity: Getting Started With K8ssandra

Comments

Java Partner Resources

X

ABOUT US

  • About DZone
  • Send feedback
  • Careers
  • Sitemap

ADVERTISE

  • Advertise with DZone

CONTRIBUTE ON DZONE

  • Article Submission Guidelines
  • MVB Program
  • Become a Contributor
  • Visit the Writers' Zone

LEGAL

  • Terms of Service
  • Privacy Policy

CONTACT US

  • 600 Park Offices Drive
  • Suite 300
  • Durham, NC 27709
  • support@dzone.com
  • +1 (919) 678-0300

Let's be friends:

DZone.com is powered by 

AnswerHub logo