WebSphere Application Server V8.0 Alpha
March 31st, 2010An alpha version of IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.0 has just been released. Features include:
- Key portions of Java™ Enterprise Edition 6.0 specifications including:
- Enterprise JavaBeans 3.1
- Java Persistence API (JPA) 2.0
- JavaServer Faces (JSF) 2.0
- JavaServer Pages (JSP) 2.2
- Servlet 3.0
- Java EE Connector Architecture 1.6
- Increased developer productivity during the edit-compile-debug cycle through directory-based drag and drop application install, uninstall and update
- Simplified product install with integrated prerequisite and interdependency checking
- Enhanced security and governance capabilities
- JPA L2 cache and JPA L2 cache integration with DynaCache
- High Performance Extensible Logging
You can find more details about the alpha program including how to download the server at ibm.com. You can also visit the forum.
[Via the Websphere Community blog.]