[pabe]

Yes. Still one of the best batteries included web frameworks for creating anything that's more of a website (e.g. E-Commerce) than a web app (e.g. Photoshop). No, you don't need NextJs and friends for everything ;)

[zerr]

What would be the same that is for a statically typed language?

[ecshafer]

Play framework with Java or Scala is similar.

[zerr]

Is Groovy/Grails still popular? I also remember Groovy++ but I believe its features were incorporated into Groovy. But maybe these are already present in modern Java?

[btreecat]

LoL nah

[fhd2]

Not answering your question, but MyPy might be a compromise.