The SquizLog

The Plethora of JVM Web Frameworks

Dan Diephouse wonders what is the web framework du jour for Java these days?

Matt Raible offers some advice about choosing a JVM Web Framework. He lists Struts 2, Spring MVC, Stripes, JSF, Tapestry, Wicket, GWT, Flex and OpenLaszlo as choices. Amongst the comments Rails, Grails, Open Spaces, Seam and Wings are added to the list.

Is it any wonder that Brian McCallister, thinks that "we are in a (Java) web framework nuclear winter"? Furthermore, is it any wonder that some Java EE developers, when faced with the possibility of choosing a JVM web framework, have just said "No!" and stuck to using standard servlets and JSPs?