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GlassFish Server 8

# GlassFish Server - Installation Complete

## Join the GlassFish community

Visit the GlassFish Community page for information about how to join the GlassFish community. The GlassFish community is developing an open source, production-quality, enterprise-class application server that implements the newest features of the Jakarta EE Platform and related enterprise technologies.

## Try the sample applications

The sample applications that are included with the Jakarta EE SDK demonstrate how to quickly compile, assemble, and deploy small, technology-focused applications.

## Learn more about GlassFish Server

Consult the following resources to learn more about GlassFish Server:

- Quick Start Guide: Start here to learn about the GlassFish Server. The Quick Start Guide explains how to perform basic tasks such as starting the server, accessing the Administration Console, and deploying a sample application.
- Features and resources: Learn more about key features of the GlassFish Server, including what's new; plus additional resources such as forums, mailing lists, support, and how to submit feedback.
- Product documentation: View the online product documentation for complete information about the GlassFish Server, including up-to-date release notes.
- Your First Cup: An Introduction to the Jakarta EE Platform: Follow this short tutorial for beginning Jakarta EE programmers that shows how to develop a simple enterprise application from scratch. The sample application is a web application that consists of an Jakarta Enterprise Beans bean, a Jakarta RESTful Web Services service, and a Jakarta Faces Facelet web front end.
- The Jakarta EE Tutorial: Learn more about the Jakarta EE standards by following this beginner's guide to developing enterprise applications for the GlassFish Server. It includes working examples and step-by-step instructions for creating Jakarta EE applications with these technologies: Jakarta XML Web Services, Jakarta Servlet, Jakarta Server Pages, Jakarta Standard Tag Library, Jakarta Enterprise Beans, Java Messaging, and Jakarta Connectors.
- Jakarta EE Platform API online documentation: View the API reference documentation for the GlassFish Server packages and related APIs. This documentation is generated from the source code by the Javadoc™ tool.

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