Comparing JVM Web Frameworks

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Introductions

Your experience with webdevelopment?

Your experience with JavaEE development?

What do you want to getfrom this session?

Experience with SpringMVC, GWT, Rails, Grails,Wicket or Struts 2?

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2010, Raible Designs

Who is Matt Raible?

Blogger on

Founder of

Father, Skier,

Cyclist

Web Framework Connoisseur

Montana Native
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The Problem with Web Frameworks

The Candidates

Comparison Points

The Matrix

Conclusion

Q and A

Session Agenda

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How do you choose?


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... while I'd *love* to see life made simpler for Java webdevelopers, and a lot of the things happening in Struts2 aregoing that way -- it won't be me doing it.

I've gone over to the dark side :-) and much prefer to develop inRails -- for the conciseness mentioned above, but also because Idon't ever have to do a "build" or "deploy" step during mydevelopment cycle any more. But you guys and gals need to bereminded that *this* is the kind of thing you are competingagainst if you expect to attract Rails developers ... or to avoid

even more "previously Java web developer" defectors like me :-).

-- Craig McClanahan, 10/23/2007

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Choosing a Framework

Choose a short list of frameworks to prototype with.

Create an application prototype with each

framework.Document findings and create a matrix with

important criteria.

Create presentation to summarize document.

Deliver document, presentation and

recommendation.

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2007: 6 Important Factors

Request, Component or RIA Framework

Ease of Development

Project Community

Project Future and Roadmap

Maintenance

Technical Features

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Request, Component or RIA

Are you developing...

... a consumer facing site?

... a desktop-like, application?

... a media-rich site?

If the framework is built for state-fulness, should

you use it in a stateless architecture?

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High-traffic, internet facing, infinite scalability

Intranet-based, behind the firewall, few users

Products, to be maintained for 5-10 years

Legacy Backend

Others?

Types of Applications

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Types of Frameworks

Request Based Frameworks

Struts 2, Spring MVC, Rails, Stripes

Component Based Frameworks

JSF, Tapestry, GWT

Rich Internet Applications

Flex

One Size Fits All

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Do they matchup?

High-traffic, internet facing, infinite scalability

Request-based frameworks

Intranet-based, behind the firewall, few users

Component-based frameworks

Products, to be maintained for 5-10 years

Largest Community, Most Vendor Support

Legacy Backend

Same Language as backend

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2010: Now Theres 20

1. Developer Productivity

2. Developer Perception

3. Learning Curve

4. Project Health

5. Developer Availability

6. Job Trends

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2010: Comparison Points

7. Templating

8. Components

9. Ajax

10.Plugins or Add-Ons

11.Scalability

12.Testing Support

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i18n and l10n

Validation

Multi-language Support (Groovy / Scala)

Quality of Documentation/Tutorials

Books Published

REST Support (client and server)

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Mobile / iPhone Support

Degree of Risk

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Comparison Matrix

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Matrix Results

0

4.25

8.5

12.75

17

Rating

Spring MVC Rails GWT Grails WicketStruts 2 Stripes Tapestry Flex PlayJSF Vaadin Lift

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Matrix Results

Spring MVC (17)

GWT (17)

Ruby on Rails (17)

Grails (16.5)

Wicket (14.5)

Struts 2 (14.5)

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Pros and Cons


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Pros

Easy Configuration with Annotations and Conventions

Integrates with many view options seamlessly: JSP/

JSTL, Tiles, FreeMarker, Excel, PDF, JSON

Excellent REST Support

Cons

Instant reload not built-in, need JRebel or Spring Roo

No open development process, need to be SpringSource

Ajax requires 3rd-party library (can be a good thing!)

Spring MVC

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GWT

Pros

Write Java => Produces Optimized JavaScript

Easy to learn and develop with standard Java ToolsVibrant Community

Cons

You have to know Java

Slow to compile, difficult to test

More like a JSP Tag Library than a web framework

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Ruby on Rails

Pros

Easy to learn and understand for Web Developers

Lots and lots of documentationPassionate Community

Cons

Slightly less performant by default

Dynamic language means more tests

Development Tools and Debugging

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Grails

Pros

Easy dynamic language transition for Java Developers

Groovy

Plugins for all types of applications

Cons

Groovy learning targets Java Developers

Stack traces are horrendous

Knowledge of underlying frameworks not required, but helpful

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Wicket

Pros

Great for Java Developers

Tight binding between pages and viewsActive community - support from creators

Cons

No Jobs or Developers

Stateful by default

HTML Templates live next to Java code by default

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Rails vs. Grails

http://grails.org/Grails+vs+Rails+Benchmark

Grails: 40 requests per second, Rails: 32

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Language Performance

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200

400

600

Java C++ JRuby PythonGroovy PHP

Time (ms) per iteration

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Developer Skills (US)

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2,750

5,500

8,250

11,000

LinkedIn

Spring MVC GWT Rails Grails Wicket

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Developer Skills (World)

0

2,750

5,500

8,250

11,000

LinkedIn

Spring MVC GWT Rails Grails Wicket

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Pretty Graphs


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Pretty Graphs


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Pretty Graphs


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Pretty Graphs


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Pretty Graphs


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Pretty Graphs


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Mailing List Traffic

September 2010

0 1000 2000 3000 4000

Rails Grails GWT Play Wicket

* Spring MVC uses Forums, which dont provide this data.


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Books on Amazon

October 2010

0 50 100 150 200

Spring MVC Rails GWT Grails Wicket


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2010 Releases

0 4 8 12

Spring MVC

GWT

Rails

Grails

Wicket

As of October 28, 2010

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StackOverflow

0

7,500

15,000

22,500

30,000

Spring MVC

Grails

Rails

Tagged Questions (October 26, 2010)

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StackOverflow

0

6,250

12,500

18,750

25,000

SpringGWT

GrailsWicket

Rails


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StackOverflow

0

20000

40000

60000

80000

JavaScala

JRubyClojure

Groovy


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StackOverflow

0

20000

40000

60000

80000

JavaPHP

.NETPython

Ruby


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StackOverflow

0

750

1500

2250

3000

TomcatJBoss

GlassfishWebSphere

Jetty



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Google Web Toolkit

http://code.google.com/webtoolkit

Apache 2.0 License

Active Community @ http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Web-Toolkit

Recommended Books:

GWT in Action GWT in Practice

Google Web Toolkit Solutions

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Ruby on Rails

http://rubyonrails.org

MIT License

Active Community @

http://rubyonrails.org/community

Recommended Books:

Agile Web Development with Rails Rails for Java Developers

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G il
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Grails

http://grails.orgApache 2.0 License

Active Community @

http://grails.org/Community

Recommended Books:

Getting Started with Grails Grails: A Quick-Start Guide

Programming Groovy

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Apache Wicket

http://wicket.apache.org

Apache 2.0 License

Active Community @ http://wicket.apache.org/

help/email.html

Recommended Books:

Wicket in Action Pro Wicket

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H t Ch ?


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How to Choose?

Prioritize a list of features that are important to your

application.

Pick 3-4 frameworks and do a 1-week spike with

each, developing the same application.

Document and rank each framework against your

list of features.

Calculate and choose!

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