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What's New in WebLogic Server

New Features and Enhancements in WebLogic Server 10.3

  • Lightweight WebLogic Server
    Features that improve WebLogic Server flexibility, agility and usability, and that make developers more productive.
  • Web Services
    Enhancements for building and hosting services for Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) environments.
  • Web 2.0
    New support for building Web applications that provide a rich user interface and a more dynamic and collaborative user experience.
  • Spring
    Enhancements for developing and managing Spring applications deployed to the WebLogic Server runtime environment.
  • Performance
    Performance improvements for usage scenarios that span the application development and deployment life-cycle.
  • Standards and Technology Integration Updates
    Updates to WebLogic Server standards support, and integration with enterprise technologies.

For more detailed information on new features and enhancements in WebLogic Server 10.3, see the release notes.

Support for Multiple Programming Models

WebLogic Server now fully supports the Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE) 5 specification including support for the following Java EE APIs:

  • Java EE 5, including:
    • Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) 3.0
    • Java API for XML-Based Web Services (JAX-WS) 2.0
    • Java Architecture for XML Binding (JAXB) 2.0
    • Web Services Metadata for the Java Platform 2.0
    • SOAP with Attachments API for Java (SAAJ) 1.3
    • Servlet 2.5
    • Java ServerPages (JSP) 2.1
  • Struts
  • Spring

See the release notes for more information.

 

Learn About WebLogic Server

Resources Available with your WebLogic Server Installation

  • Administration Console
    Console used to administer WebLogic Server. Enter weblogic for both the username and password.
  • Code Examples and Sample Applications
    WebLogic Server provides a variety of code samples and tutorials that show configuration and API use.
  • Fast Track Deployment and Administrator Guide
    Learn how to quickly deploy Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE) applications and access system administration tools.
  • Avitek Medical Records Sample Application
    The Avitek Medical Records application is an educational tool for all levels of Java EE developers. It showcases the use of each Java EE component, and illustrates best practice design patterns for component interaction and client development. MedRec also illustrates best practices for developing and deploying applications with WebLogic Server. Complete source code and documentation is available for this application.

    To launch the Medical Records Application, first shut down the current WebLogic Server instance using the Shut Down Server button in the top right corner of this page. Then select Start Medical Records Server from the Windows Start->BEA Products->Examples->WebLogic Server menu. On UNIX, run the
    startWebLogic.sh script from the BEA_HOME/wlserver_10.3/samples/domains/medrec directory, where BEA_HOME is the directory containing your WebLogic Server installation.

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