At last year's BEA World, the conference formally known as eWorld, BEA announced the WebLogic Console for Tomcat. This add-in for the WebLogic console is finally here and I can't wait to try it out. While I love WebLogic and use it for everything production, I do use Tomcat for some simple development tasks or quick POC applications that don't require transactions or all of the bells-n-whistles of WebLogic.
The administration tools that ships with Tomcat leave a lot to be desired and so this will be a welcome invitation for anyone using Tomcat. The one sticking point is that it will require WebLogic and so this may only be a value-add for people using WebLogic. Since WebLogic developers licenses are free, anyone can download and use WebLogic but I'm not sure a lot of people will rush and download WebLogic, just to use the Tomcat admin console.
Most people that use Tomcat probably use or should really take a serious look at Tomcat Probe. Tomcat Probe is a web application, which is designed to dig into Tomcat internal objects to display invaluable runtime information about deployed applications and Tomcat instance in general. The list of features include:
I understand (and applaud) BEA's strategy of adoption of open-source tools, products and their commitment to open source software. In addition to supporting open-source initiatives, BEA has also contributed a lot of source-code and intellectual property to the open-source community as well. I know the strategy behind the WebLogic console for Tomcat is to up-convert people from Tomcat to WebLogic and make the migration process easier but the audience for this tool will be a very small and niche group. I guess I count myself in that small group and will install the Tomcat add-in for the WebLogic console - Can't wait to see how it stacks up against Tomcat Probe.
BEA, WebLogic, Tomcat, weblogic+console, foss, open-source, tomcat+probe
Tags: BEA, console, foss, open_source, Tomcat, tomcat_probe, WebLogic
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hey Vinny,
I'd love to read an objective comparison too! Would you consider doing that?
By the way, the project name has changed to "Lambda Probe".
Vlad
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