What is the difference between web server and application server?
ApplicationServer: takes care of Security, Transaction, Multithreading,
Resource pooling, load balancing, clustering, performence, highly availability,
scalability, etc. Exposes business logic to client applications through various
protocols, possibly including HTTP. Supports deployment of .war and .ear
filesApplication server = webserver + EJB container.
Webserver: handles HTTP protocol. Receives HTTP request, it responds with an
HTTP response.