Take a fresh look at WebSphere Application Infrastructure!

The WebSphere Application Infrastructure V.8.5 Alpha release, announced October 6, 2011 (see www.wasdev.net), makes it possible for developers & organizations to deliver web apps faster, improving competitiveness and profitability.  

WAS V 8.5 Alpha introduces a new, lightweight profile of the application server for web apps, along with a simplified configuration for development environments. 

This alpha allows you to develop in a lightweight environment, but ultimately deploy (unchanged) to a variety of WAS platforms.

We have a new community for driving your feedback into the project and sharing experiences among developers.  Check it out at www.wasdev.net.

Here are some of the details of the WAS V8.5 Alpha:

• Introduces a new lightweight web app profile
• Build web apps that don’t require the full Java EE environment of traditional enterprise app servers
• Web-apps run unchanged across WAS platforms
• Free and frictionless download from the WAS Dev Community: www.wasdev.net
• Install size under 50MB
• Startup times under 5 seconds
• Runtime is 26MB for the alpha and 3MB for the tooling. It takes 3.5 minutes to download and install both.
• Broad choice in programming models:  including Servlet and Java EE web technologies, JPA, mobile and open standards. OSGi support is targeted for December 2011
• Eclipse server adapter for Eclipse development and configuration (includes WAS bindings and extensions)
• MAC development platform supported

Download the Alpha & join the Community Forum starting at: www.wasdev.net