I've never looked at grails so I can't offer an opinion but I have some links that may be helpful to you. The first is a HN discussion on the play framework and

I've never looked at grails so I can't offer an opinion but I have some links that may be helpful to you. The first is a HN discussion on the play framework and the second a discussion on google groups about the differences between the two frameworks. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=898738 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=898738 http://groups.google.com/group/play-framework/browse_thread/thread/24aab4dcc64d95f3 http://groups.google.com/group/play-framework/browse_thread/...