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by DCKing 4416 days ago
It's great to see how Java web development has progressed. I tried to make a Spring MVC web app work like a decent, modern, readable and productive web application two years ago and it just wasn't possible.

Anyone interested in modern JVM web development I would still advise to invest time in learning Scala (or Clojure). They can work with your legacy code and libraries, but my productivity and general joy in programming shot through the roof when I started using Scala.
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moondowner 4415 days ago
You can actually make a good Spring MVC-based webapp (with Thymeleaf, AngularJS and etc.); check out the JHipster Yeoman generator: https://jhipster.github.io/
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DCKing 4414 days ago
Man, I wish that would have existed 2 years ago.
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thescrewdriver 4415 days ago
> but my productivity and general joy in programming shot through the roof when I started using Scala.

That was exactly my experience. Maintaining Java code from time to time makes me realise just how big the difference is.

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