Re: Which web application framework? aka Why not Struts?

If its greenfield, has to be Java, and can't be RoR, the best choice is Open
Sails http://opensails.org/.  Inspired by Rails, designed for Java and
Eclipse.

We've used STRUTS, Tapestry, Webwork, and at least looked at most of the
rest you've listed.  We're using it on our second large project and it
scales extremely well.  Not to mention all the small things you can do with
it.  Though it's young, it's built on the maturity of Rails and using a lot
of other web frameworks.  It also integrates with Hibernate quite nicely.

Ken

Disclaimer: Both my company and some of the guys working for me have
invested in this, BUT, we don't make any money on it directly cause it's
free.

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Phillip Rhodes
Sent: Monday, December 26, 2005 8:34 PM
To: Research Triangle Java User's Group mailing list.
Subject: [Juglist] Which web application framework? aka Why not Struts?

So, not to start a flamewar, but...  I'd like to hear some
(informed) opinions on which web application framework you
would recommend for "green field" development.  Some
candidates I'd consider (although feel free to name others) are:

0. no framework, do it by hand you lazy bum
1. Struts + Tiles
2. Tapestry
3. Webwork
4. JSF
5. Spring MVC
6. Turbine
7. Cocoon
8. Wicket
9. Other???


Note: For various reasons, Java is the only real choice
for language, which is why RoR is not listed.  That and
I don't know Ruby and don't have time to learn another
language at the moment.

FWIW, Struts is the only one of these (well, other
than option 0) that I've worked with...  so if you
recommend something else, I'd like to hear some
persuasive argument why that choice is better than
Struts, and why it would be worth my investing the
time to learn a different framework.


TTYL,


Phil
-- 
North Carolina - First In Freedom

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