The Ajax and Comet Server
Webtide, the Java experts behind Jetty
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Scalability for Web 2.0

Webtide are experts in serving scalable web 2.0 applications using Java, Ajax and Comet, and are the lead developers of the open source Jetty:// java web server. Our experienced Java consultants can assist with web or other application areas. Webtide provides training, development and support services. The team behind the Jetty web server
   
 
Products


Jetty is an open-source, standards-based, full-featured web container implemented 100% in Java. Support for Jetty from its leading developers is available from Webtide.
Open Source Java server


Hightide is a versioned distribution of Jetty providing a comprehensive toolset for the development of highly scalable, state-of-the-art web applications. Implementations of most JEE services, such as JNDI, JTA, JMS, JDBC, and WS are pre-configured and ready to go.
Integrated Ajax server


Riptide is a custom server based on either Jetty or Hightide. It is tailored to the specific needs of individual clients and is ideal for ISVs and OEMs.
The easiest server to embed
     
 
Services

Pre-integrated Jetty Distribution
Hightide, Open source, integrated with popular components. Download now!
Developer and Production Support
Obtain advice and assistance directly from the developers of Jetty, 24/7.
Convert to Jetty 6  
Upgrade to Jetty 6 NOW!
Conversion from another container or from an older version of Jetty.

Serving Ajax Training  
Learn how to serve scalable Web 2.0.

Development  
Architecture, design, mentoring, development and full outsourcing.

 
     
   
News & Blogs

JavaOne
Hope to see you there. Webtide has a booth #1224-4!

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Jetty Runner
If you're looking for a fast and easy way to run your webapp, without needing to install and administer a Jetty distro, then look no further, the Jetty Runner is here! The idea of the Jetty Runner is extremely simple - run a webapp from the command line using a single jar and as much default configuration as possible:
  java -jar jetty-runner.jar my.war
Voila! Jetty will start on port 8080 and deploy the my.war webapp.

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Patterns for Servlet 3.0 suspend usage.
This blog presents 5 patterns of suspend usage for servlet-3.0, which can help explain the generic cases, provide a template for specific implementations and/or be the basis of frameworks to help developers.

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JSR-315 Needs YOU!
The expert group for JSR 315 (servlet-3.0) has come to a bit of an impasse regarding some new features for auto discovery of servlets and filters.   Some members of the EG have some security/flexibility concerns regarding these features, but others do not think the concerns  significant enough to warrant additional complexity in configuration options.
In order to resolve this impasse, the EG has decided to solicit more community feedback. So this is my biased blog soliciting that feedback.

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Use-Cases for Async Servlets
Pre-release 0 of Jetty 7.0.0 is now available and includes a preview of the proposed Servlet 3.0 API for asynchronous servlets.  This  blog looks at 4 cool things you can do with asynchronous servlets and how they can be implemented using the proposed API.

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Jetty 7.0.0pre0 released!
The trunk of jetty has undergone some substantial changes over the last couple of weeks.  In addition to jetty 7 now requiring a minimum version of jdk 1.5 and the default inclusion of the early servlet 3.0 spec, there have been a number of structural changes a bit more near and dear to my heart.  It leverages a bit more maven2!

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