I need to develop a basic web app very quickly (1 week) for a demo.
My requirements are
- Java (I need to make use of existing Java libraries to access the relevant data)
- 2 screens
- One for static data view, maybe some search parameters
- Other for basic form entry
- No fancy AJAX required
- Ideally easy for a web designer to come in and tart it up as necessary, without having to rewrite everything
My first stop was going to be to checkout Wicket as I’ve heard good things about it. I don’t have the time right now to dive into anything heavy, which probably writes off JSF in my mind (I played with JSF1, steep learning curve which I’ve now slid back down).
I’m happy to treat the result as throwaway so if there’s a framework which starts of well but then doesn’t scale up to bigger projects, that would be ok.
Any suggestions appreciated on frameworks/approach.
I suggest the Play framework which has the huge advantage to be full Java (so less learning curve if you don’t know Groovy). Check out the demo!