With a World Wide Web dominated by Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) application servers, choosing another Web framework can seem strange or unprofessional. However, there are many viable alternatives on the market. As with operating systems, you don't have to use a specific application server just because everyone else is using it. You have a choice, and choosing the application server that fits the problem is where you should start. In this article, I present a rather unconventional and little-known application server: Cerise. This operating system-independent server offers a flexible, lightweight, and developer-friendly environment for building both simple and complex Web applications.
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