4 JVM Web Frameworks in 40 Minutes

Explore four JVM web frameworks - Play, Rails, Ratpack, and Immutant - in this comprehensive conference talk. Dive into how these frameworks leverage alternative JVM languages like Scala, JRuby, Groovy, and Clojure to revolutionize web application development. Evaluate their production readiness, scalability, and potential impact on your projects. Gain insights into real-world applications of these frameworks by JVM developers. Compare the advantages and disadvantages of each, highlighting their unique features. Start with a quick introduction to each framework, learning how to begin development, create content, and deploy to the cloud. Analyze key aspects such as caching, database connectivity, templating, asynchronous request processing, language paradigms, build tools, web sockets, and documentation. By the end of this talk, acquire the knowledge to make an informed decision on which framework best suits your next project.