Framework for picking a web-framework

If you have built database-oriented web applications in the past and wondering now which is the best framework to build going ahead, the below classification might help. I tried creating a decision tree for some of the most popular frameworks.

As you can see in one extreme it's the  Java based standard (JEE) frameworks and at the other extreme it's the non Java,  non sharing (no servlet session) completely new frameworks and in the middle is the Spring MVC and Grails.

A very good presentation in favor of Play here and slides  here

A good comparison of JVM based web app frameworks here, winner is Grails, comparison matrix here

Whatever you pick between the HTML/Javascript and your backend/middleware, it’s important to know how these frameworks differ at a fundamental level which can affect scalability, performance, developer productivity, cost etc.

It's important to note that these frameworks are just not presentation frameworks, they extend to use an ORM framework (mostly hibernate) and have their own build tool, ide etc. Each one of them pretty much extends to a platform and will support cloud deployment.


Interesting video here on why twitter is moving from Ruby on Rails to JVM.

Now time for the new debate how much client side MVC and how much Server side MVC? / REST API?