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You jest, but this week i've been developing my first java web app using play framework, coming from a decade of PHP and javascript, and i found the experience
by Joeri 11y ago
You jest, but this week i've been developing my first java web app using play framework, coming from a decade of PHP and javascript, and i found the experience surprisingly nice. You can get a good edit-refresh cycle going using incremental recompilation, and the api's are elegant and flexible. My preconceived notions of the verbosity and ugliness of java web app code proved unfounded.
- agumonkey 11y agoJava was heavy, and still is but most of the perceived weight came from immaturity (the world wanted freeform template oriented scripts). Now all languages are moving towards types, packages/modules, conventions and structures. If a php3 dev discovers php 5.6 I'm sure he wouldn't enjoy it.