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Mentioning Servlets seems pretty out of place here. The Servlet spec isn't a web framework its an HTTP middleware. Its more similar to Rack than Rails. Both
by mbell 14y ago
Mentioning Servlets seems pretty out of place here. The Servlet spec isn't a web framework its an HTTP middleware. Its more similar to Rack than Rails. Both GWT and Jersey are commonly deployed on top of Servlets.
- vsync 14y agoBecause in the past you had to use servlets directly, or JSPs that you had to do a lot of work manually to separate business logic from the presentation layer. Source: I worked at a Web startup circa 2000 where we did exactly that. I think people sometimes forget how far we've come.