If Scala is an option, try Finatra 2. Much simpler than Akka* and Play, well done, performant and battle tested (as opposed to akka-http). https://www.youtube.

If Scala is an option, try Finatra 2. Much simpler than Akka* and Play, well done, performant and battle tested (as opposed to akka-http). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dsX0S0WsEk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dsX0S0WsEk If Scala is not your thing, you should definitely check out Vert.x 3 with vertx-web https://github.com/vert-x3/vertx-examples/tree/master/web-examples https://github.com/vert-x3/vertx-examples/tree/master/web-ex...