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Hi

I am looking for the web application framework just like codeigniter in java, where I don’t need to do a lot xml configuration, easy to start (as fast as CI), small footprints, a little depedency on other libraries ... fast enough to write just hello world.

is there any frameworks ?
i am looking for it seriously ... and not found yet ... please tell me which one (I don’t mind to use Hibernate for the ORM).

Hi Adwin,

Here are some known frameworks that may help you.

1.JavaServerFaces
2.Struts
3.Spring
4.Tapestry
5.Turbine
6.WebWork
7.RSF
8.Thinwire
9.Echo

And also if you guys love to learn JAVA , i would recommend

Free Java Online Course taught by Shan Shin.

Best Regards
Dare

Hi dare,

I have done research on JSF (using Netbeans 5.5) and Struts. JSF was good but still need a lot effort to learn about it. I have done a project (simple and small one) using JSF (netbeans 5.5 visual web pack) and it tooks about more than 1 weeks (2 or 3 weeks, just for debuging and reading the weird error lol), while i confident i can do the same thing in Codeigniter in less than 1 week.

I have just found Grails (http://www.grails.org) and it seems pretty straightfoward like codeigniter and rails. I wish CI was implemented in java .. 😊
What do you think about this Grails .. is it mature and stable ? or should I use jruby with rails (ror) ? 😊

I love to use CI for my project but sometimes the clients asking me to use java (they are php phobia .. while i am php mania lol) 😊

Yeah Adwin, You have to give what exactly client asks 😜 .

To tell you frankly i haven’t tried Grails and Jruby with Rails cause i am stick to PHP, learning Java just for fun.

But if you’re looking for a more mature FrameWork, Struts or

Tapestry would be a stylistic choice.

And thanks for introducing Grails, i am interested to try that one.

Regards
Dare

Struts is nothing like CI - it’s not simple and it slows me down. Custom tags, java beans, xml config files… makes me feel woozy.

Struts is nothing like CI - it’s not simple and it slows me down. Custom tags, java beans, xml config files… makes me feel woozy.

yes that’s right ... I hate to touch XML files everytime I created new controller, model, etc ... that’s crazy lol ...

i will try the grails as well .. it closer to CI and I don’t need to touch any xml files 😉

Jumping this forward a couple of years,  😉

Any other recommendations? I’ve looked at Wicket (didn’t like it), Struts 2 (complex), and was told to avoid Spring. So far I haven’t found anything similar to CI and am fast approaching the point where I’d consider using PHP-Java Bridge for the bulk of it.

Depending on your requirements have you tried Navajo ?

Depending on your requirements have you tried Navajo ?

I actually haven’t heard of it. Can you describe it a bit?

I’ve built my own Java Web Framework, with CodeIgniter in mind.
I really impressed by CI. And can not stop to think : “Why Java Web Framework can not be as easy and as useful as CI ?”.
So here is the result : http://code.google.com/p/recite18th/

The framework is running, and able to simplify my usually hard to maintain plain JSP + Servlet (and Dojo). If you like it, pardon me that runnable Tutorial / Starter project is not yet ready.

Expect it to be happened soon anyway 😊

Offcourse you can modify the code, commit the changes and lets develop it! 😊