Java Web Frameworks
Discussions recommend and compare Java web frameworks like Play, Spring Boot, Dropwizard, Ninja, and others for building modern web apps, debating their advantages over traditional JEE and viability of Java for web development.
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What are the current best bets for writing web apps in Java? Play! is convenient, but how does it compare to Spring Boot?
Try Java with Ninja Framework, it is really nice and the JVM rocks.
JEE to Java? In a positive way? Or as in: this is a humongous framework for what it’s doing (CRUD apps)...
Aren't ppl like that are more likely to use vaadin and similar frameworks?
Spring and Java EE are not the only options out there. These days DropWizard, Ktor and others are MUCH better alternatives.
It's not harder in Java.. if you use Play, which offers everything OOTB. How is that not a recommendable solution?If you refuse to download Play out of some misguided principle that everything must be OOTB by the core language provider, then (a) that's arbitrary and (b) you're misunderstanding the design principle of low-level languages like Java and C++ that have enabled them to stick around for so long. They don't bake in (as many) opinions. Play does, which makes it eas
who builds webapps in java anymore?
Stick with the JVM. Look at Play! or something lightweight like Spray or Scalatra.
Is there really a place for a simplified Java web framework, when there's plenty of options that run atop the JVM with full access to JVM libs? (Grails, ColdFusion + several MVC frameworks, etc)
I'd recommend Spring (framework). It's java but it doesn't get in they way or require you to type excessively. Really handy to annotate your controllers. You can easily have unit testing and CI server. It's open source but VMWare backs it.