In the JVM ecosystem you can use Jetty and have a simple embedded App Server. No need to install or configure Tomcat/JBoss, etc. Spring Boot and Dropwizard mak

In the JVM ecosystem you can use Jetty and have a simple embedded App Server. No need to install or configure Tomcat/JBoss, etc. Spring Boot and Dropwizard makes this dead simple, a single .jar file with everything you need to run your app.