JBoss AS vs WildFly 8

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user2938484 picture user2938484 · Mar 7, 2015 · Viewed 20.3k times · Source

Can anyone please give me the main difference between JBoss AS 7 and WildFly 8?

I'm going to start a very important project and I have to choose between JBoss AS 7 and WildFly 8 (for this project I'm going to use GWT, JPA/Hibernate and jBPM 6).

Answer

feniix picture feniix · Mar 8, 2015

WildFly 8 is the next iteration of the JBoss application server after JBoss AS 7 / EAP 6.

Basically:

  • JBoss AS 7.x = JEE6
  • JBoss EAP 6.x = JEE6
  • WildFly 8.x = JEE7

Red Hat typically backports security fixes from newer versions into older versions, Red Hat also typically releases "feature packs" that allow you to access newer features/specs.

So if it is a very important project and you do not need JEE7 specs, you may want to use JBoss EAP which is the productized version of JBoss AS 7.

Otherwise you may want to use WildFly if you need the more cutting edge specs and features.

Related

See JBoss AS / WildFly versions history for more details.

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