Alex, I'll acknowledge that Grails is slow, but can you elaborate about what makes it messy? Would your complex system with dozens of model classes be more organized in a different framework? I'm not arguing, I'm just curious.
On Feb 11, 9:32 pm, Alex Turner <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > >> athttp://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 > > athttp://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.
