[thedudemabry]

Thanks for the explanation. As someone who in a past life developed Java systems (post-2006) for a variety of targets, I was never super clear on what Java EE's value proposition was or how it differed from frameworks that didn't require a separate install.

I now gather that it is a collection of helpful packages constituting a framework, but distributed separately from mainline Java core packages.

[pjmlp]

Java EE was also the cloud, before the term was coined.

When targeting EE application servers, you don't need to worry at all where it is being executed.

As an application, container, bare metal, whatever.

Of course this only works ad long as no native methods or APIs for file or process management are used.