Serving GWT app from ARM-based machine.

Question

I have an ARM-based platform and I'd like to use it to serve GWT application. On x86 I'd go with Tomcat to serve pages, but what options do I have on ARM architecture?

Although GWT is preferred it isn't a must-have but I don't want to switch from Java to PHP.

Answer 1

• You can serve a GWT app even from a plain web server (it's just a bunch of static files).
• If you want to use GWTRPC, you'll need a Java servlet container. As long as your server has a JRE, you should be able to run Tomcat or Jetty or ...
• Looking into debian packages, it tells me, that Tomcat 5.5 is for all platforms.

Answer 2

Regarding option no 2 I found Cacao and OpenJDK as options to consider. Both should work on ARM architecture and have JRE.