Weblogic Application Server versions and difference between Weblogic 10g & 11g & 12c
Weblogic Application Server Versions:
- WebLogic Server 12cR2 (12.2.1.2) – October 2016 [1]
- WebLogic Server 12cR2 (12.2.1.1) – June 2016 [2]
- WebLogic Server 12cR2 (12.2.1) – October 26, 2015[3]
- WebLogic Server 12cR1 (12.1.3) – June 26, 2014[4]
- WebLogic Server 12c Release 2 (12.1.2) – July 11, 2013 [4]
- WebLogic Server 12c Release 1 (12.1.1) – Dec 1, 2011 [5]
- WebLogic Server 11gR1 PS5 (10.3.6) – February 26, 2012 [6]
- WebLogic Server 11gR1 PS4 (10.3.5) – May 16, 2011 [7]
- WebLogic Server 11gR1 PS3 (10.3.4) – January 15, 2011
- WebLogic Server 11gR1 PS2 (10.3.3) – April 2010 [8]
- WebLogic Server 11gR1 PS1 (10.3.2) – November 2009
- WebLogic Server 11g (10.3.1) – July 2009
- WebLogic Server 10.3 – August 2008 [9]
- WebLogic Server 10.0 – March 2007 [10]
- WebLogic Server 9.2
- WebLogic Server 9.1
- WebLogic Server 9.0 – November 2006 [11]
- WebLogic Server 8.1-bea – July 2003 [11]
- WebLogic Server 7.0 – June 2002 [12]
- WebLogic Server 6.1
- WebLogic Server 6.0 – file date March 2001 on an old CD [13]
- WebLogic Server 5.1 (code name: Denali) First version supporting hot deployment for applications (via command line)
- WebLogic Server 4.0
- WebLogic Tengah 3.1 – June 1998 [14]
- WebLogic Tengah 3.0.1 – March 1998 [15]
- WebLogic Tengah 3.0 – January 1998 [16]
- WebLogic Tengah – November 1997 [17]
Major Difference with every release is with the supported standards, Below are some key supported technologies & their supported versions with weblogic:
| Standard | WLS 6.1 | WLS 7.0 | WLS 8.1 | WLS 9.0 | WLS 10.0 | WLS 10.3 | WLS 11g | WLS 12c | WLS 12cR2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Java | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 (7 from 10.3.6) | 7 (8[23]) | 8 |
| Java EE | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Servlet | 2.2 & 2.3 | 2.2 & 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.1 |
| JSF | – | – | – | – | – | 1.2 & 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.2 | |
| JSP | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.3 |
| EJB | 1.1 & 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.2 |
| JDBC | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| JPA | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 2.1 | 2.1 |
Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oracle_WebLogic_Server
the biggest difference is that the versions have updated support for the latest J2EE specifications & bug fixes/new features, 12c supports Java EE 6 & JDK7, 12c R2 supports Java EE 7 & JDK8
11g
>Platform specific installers available
>Jdk bundled with 32bit installers
>Bsu patching utility for bug fixes/patches
>Webserver plugins are bundled with WLS installer
>Static Clusters
>Machine specific NM
12c
>Only Generic installer available
>Jdk needs to be installed separately first
>Java based utility Opatch is included.
>Webserver plugins needs to be downloaded from oracle support.
>Dynamic Cluster – easily scale servers as per load.
>Domain Specific NM
>CLI/Console mode deprecated. Install via either GUI or silent xml
