[mahmoudimus]

We heavily use the Play framework at https://balancedpayments.com where we wrap various Java SDKs over an internal JSON API to communicate to our various banks / processors from our Python backends.

It is ABSOLUTELY a pleasure to use. I did a thorough analysis of all the Java frameworks that I could use and Play is what I landed on. It gets out of your way and if you use an IDE like IntelliJ IDEA - you will develop on the same speed with something like Django or Rails.

Play has made me really enjoy Java again since during our CS courses and my time as a high frequency algorithmic developer on Wall St was spent in C++/Python, I never needed to really use Java.

Now, I can tell you that I have new found respect for Java and I can't speak highly enough about the Play framework. I'm happy to elaborate a bit more on our use of it -- feel free to contact me via email in my profile.