IQ 9: Whats the difference between Web and App Server?

This video explains the differences between a Web and an Application Server

[MrBiswajitroy]

It's not about static or dynamic content it's about what kind of server container we have inside the server. Apache tomcat is basically a web server it has web/servlet container but doesn't have all the java EE containers like EJB and again web server can handle dynamic content. And application server doesn't contain web server in it but it contains web containers (servlet container) along with other J2EE containers like EJB containers.

[kareemsharawi]

Very clear and simple explanation, thanks a lot.

[kundannayak]

Veru simple and informative. Like the way you can put things in a very simple way. Somehow, IT people speak so fat with all those high level technical things make things even more confusing. Good work. Keep it up.

[MrRohitraj]

Thank you for making this video. It is informative.

[wallacepei]

CGI-bin normally is found in a web server and Perl scripts are held there to run dynamic pages.

[zebatabassum]

you should try to give examples that relate to real world applications.

[rahulanand]

While performance testing of application and web server which are essential performance metrics we should monitor apart from CPU and Memory Utilization?

[asystat]

Though it's true that webservers return "static content", all webservers have modules for creating dynamic web-apps. I would argue that webservers are stateless, while application servers are not. Dynamic - static content is not the issue here..

[vikashvik]

Hello there.Thank you for this video.Can you clear my doubt. WAMP contains Apache web server.Then how can it work with PHP coding(say in MVC) because PHP code can interact with a database and serve up dynamic content based on what input user has supplied. A little detailed reply will be appreciated. Thank You

[lawlade]

Thanks so much for the concise explanation

[Theabselute]

This is is wrong, it's not about Dynamic/static content, it's about services that each one of them provide.

[eternalblizzard]

well all servers act to the kind of request that is send. as you said it may consist the logical information in the application it self do you mean like when we open browser there are some builtin links like google, you tube, Facebook etc. like that ?? i didn't quite understand it the logical term so can you tell me in brief

[TheRushya]

You are saying Web sever only handle static content. But we can host dynamic application in IIS and Tomcat. Take example of Login page. It is a dynamic page. IIS and Tomcat can handle.

[camillebrachet]

I don't understand one thing, I mean, static web site no longer really exist, they always have kind of a database to deploy there content or a administration interface where the administrater can manage the content of his website. Wamp is a App server so ?

[ladedadedaschlobonmeknob]

So what brand of server should i use to return json and such? Like how does facebook display my profile info through the iOS facebook app?

[lavanyareddy]

Thank you for giving me an such information about web server and application server

[nenecarrizo]

Thanks, It's really helpfull, good work and simple explanation

[johncalilung]

Would it be correct to say that
a web application that only has static content uses a web server? Also if it does have dynamic content, then it uses an application server?

[unconn]

Do you mean, that Apache HTTP with mod_php - is an application sarvar?

[shitolay]

Great Simple explanation differentiate between Web and App server. can you suggest URL for training on Middleware Application Server from Infrastructure point of view (Not Middleware Admin) like Infra Solution Architect who needs to provide Server sizing, integrating with Authentication servers (Mircrosoft AD), deployment architecture ( Clustering, Topologies)