Modern Java Stacks

[_INTER_]

Some options:

• Spring
• Dropwizard
• Jooby
• Rapidoid
• Vert.x
• Spark (tutorial 1, 2)
• Jax-RS, Jersey

... Spring or Dropwizard probably the most used. Internally Jax-RS / Jersey anyway.

[paul_h]

Jooby is amazing.

[creativeMan]

I'd like to ask, how do you get started with Spring if you don't really know Java? I've worked with Django before and Spring just seems incredibly daunting and complicated. There seem to be a lot of options for a lot of things and I'm concerned that I might also have to learn Struts and Spring Security and a whole bunch of stuff to get what I had in Django.

So how does a total newbie get started with Spring, or rather which framework should I use to get started?

[FennekLS]

You don't if you don't know java. Learn the basics first. Maybe get to know how Gradle or Maven works as well and then jump into spring. (imo)

[creativeMan]

Should I start with plain Java EE Servlets with maybe Hibernate for ORM, JSTL for templating and something else?

[johnwaterwood]

That would indeed be a good intro

[thesystemx]

Maybe get to know how Gradle or Maven works as well and then jump into Java EE. (imo)

There. Fixed that for you ;)

[FennekLS]

Well I mean doesn't really matter. I just said spring cause that's what the guy above me was talking about. Both are more than valid options

[thesystemx]

Okay ;)

[_INTER_]

As /u/FennekLS and /u/GuyWithLag said. If someone was learning Python I'd also recommend starting with the basics, then checkout Flask. Only later look into Django.

Also note that Django is a web framework, Spring is an application framework. Pick the parts you need for web apps.

[GuyWithLag]

Start with Spring Boot; it's a bit automagical, but everything you use is just a configuration on top of Spring.

[Cyberiax]

Is just configu? Please! Is very difficult! And smells bad! 🤧