An Application Server means, It can manage Java EE applications You should use GlassFish for Java EE enterprise applications. The need for a seperate Web server is mostly needed in a production environment.
GlassFish is a tool in the Platform as a Service category of a tech stack.
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Firebase is a cloud service designed to power real-time, collaborative applications. Simply add the Firebase library to your application to gain access to a shared data structure; any changes you make to that data are automatically synchronized with the Firebase cloud and with other clients within milliseconds.
Lucee are some of the popular tools that integrate with GlassFish. Here's a list of all 1 tools that integrate with GlassFish.
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