
This work actually occurs in parallel, working to solidify the specifications as well as the build in tandem with key contributors working on both the Java specification as well as Apache projects.

This release aligns Tomcat to the Java EE 7 specification, including Java Servlet 3.1, JavaServer Pages (JSP) 2.3, and Java Unified Expression Language (EL) 3.0.

Yesterday, Pivotal’s own Mark Thomas had an exciting announcement on the Apache Tomcat mailing lists: the first release candidate of Tomcat 8 is now available!Īfter 2 years of development, this release has been made available as an alpha and while it is not recommended for production use, it certainly contains many features developers will be keen to try out.Īs with all major releases of Tomcat, each of the Java specifications it supports have also been updated.
