I have to say, I got a bit disillusioned with Grails. It's kind of messy, and pretty slow. I like what it can do, and the syntax is an upgrade from plain Java, but it's just not that great once you end up with a more complex system than a couple of dozen model classes.
I've heard good things about Play with Scala, I think I'm gonna check that out next. Alex On Feb 10, 2012, at 5:22 AM, Rakesh wrote: > definitely consider Grails. Its the next step up without it being > completely different. The Groovy language is very nice but not too > intimidating, with the proviso you can drop into plain Java if you > need to. > > The Grails framework essentially gives you a > convention-over-configuration application framework (based on > Spring/Hibernate) excellent for creating corporate CRUD apps quickly. > > R > > On 10 February 2012 11:56, Vince O'Sullivan <[email protected]> wrote: >> In our dept., we're putting together JSF 2.0 applications to run on >> the company intranet. They're written in Java 1.6 and hosted on a >> Tomcat 6 web server on a linux box and they access data in Oracle >> databases. They work fine and are proving reliable but JSF and >> managing beans does seem to be something of a dark art. >> >> The database is a given and I'd be reluctant to change either the base >> language or web server that we use (but might be persuaded). >> >> Given those restrictions, what are the most mainstream alternatives >> that we might consider? >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "The Java Posse" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
