Finally, A Good Web Framework For Java

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I like that so many web frameworks have copied the good parts of others (generators, MVC, routes, migrations, asset pipeline, etc.). But, I am starting to wonder if all the copying is overshadowing less conventional, possibly useful, concepts. You can now find Rails in most languages, like you would find a Starbucks in most cities.

I agree with most of your points but the major difference here with Play are 2 points

1. This framework is geared to asynchronous/real-time workloads (think node.js) 2. The framework is built for Scala, which they state is a more productive language for the JVM "Code sizes are typically reduced by a factor of two to three when compared to an equivalent Java application."

Note: I admittedly don't know much about Ruby so I'm not sure how much it would or would not compare.

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