Re: Java web application frameworks / architecture

On Sep 22, 4:24 am, "barbara.streus...@xxxxxxxx"
<barbara.streus...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi experts:

My company wants me to design and develop a new web application based
on Java and Tomcat.
I am not sure  what the currently state of the art is in regards to
web application frameworks.
Please advice.

The application will be based on a MySQL database with approx. 40
tables and approx. 75 use cases (there is actually an application on
PHP which is to be replaced, but the database should stay as is.)

Requirements:
- Authentication and authorization on a detailled level neccessary
- Database access with some kind of ORM
- Webservices (offering and consuming)
- Heavy use of Ajax

Currently I am thinking about Spring MVC, Struts 2.0, Wicket, Grails
etc.

I would suggest to use framework(s) that you/your developers have
experience on. Using a framework about which you are not aware or
don't have hands on experience, can give you nightmares, if you are
time bound. If you have "time" to experiment with all these
frameworks, I have nothing much to add, you might want to think of
some feature and build a prototype on all the webapp frameworks that
you are thinking of and choose the one that you feel right about.
You might want to take a look at appfuse, which gives several
combination of frameworks for web application development.
I am not really sure if any of the frameworks suggested so far have a
vast "ajax" support, in real life projects you end up writing barebone
javascript to get things done, or at least that has been my experience
with webapp frameworks in Java.

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Ck
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