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Deploying: JAR, WAR, Exploded WAR

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Technically all of them are just ZIP files with a different file extension. Here's a bit more info though: https://stackoverflow.com/a/5871102

 

Jar = Java Archive

War = Web Archive

 

There's no real pros and cons.

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I mainly work in Exploded WAR (due to its updating ease), but I deploy the WAR to Tomcat, yesterday I was learning Spring Boot and by default it uses whats called "Fat Jars" which is pretty much a JAR that contains everything including (by default) Tomcat, so its everything in a single JAR file.

 

I'm having a hard time understanding the difference, pros and cons of each, because I barely understand these "server" topics, for me those three do the same thing :(

 

Any opinion is welcome, please and thank you!

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Technically all of them are just ZIP files with a different file extension. Here's a bit more info though: https://stackoverflow.com/a/5871102

 

Jar = Java Archive

War = Web Archive

 

There's no real pros and cons.

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