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Scalatra: A Sinatra-like Web Framework for Scala

28 points| icey | 15 years ago |infoq.com | reply

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[+] flacon|15 years ago|reply
They really need to change the name. Something that rips off Sinatra less and promotes the fact that its a micro-framework. Besides that I would love to take it for a test drive.
[+] SourPatch|15 years ago|reply
It's kind of funny because originally it was called step and then they renamed it a few months ago. I liked step better.
[+] icey|15 years ago|reply
Anyone using this? It'd be pretty awesome to get a first-hand account of it.
[+] SourPatch|15 years ago|reply
I have used it. I like it quite a bit. It's very simple and integrates nicely with Scalate, a Scala templating library.

Scalatra + Scalate + development using simple-build-tool (using ~ prepare-webapp) is a pretty killer combination, in my opinion. The feedback cycle is every bit as fast as rails.

[+] riffraff|15 years ago|reply
i am somewht responsible for the original idea, though others have done, well, all the work :)

Scalatra has a few rough edges but since it takes about 2 minutes to have somehing running it is worth trying it out yourself :)

[+] HowardRoark|15 years ago|reply
Although I love Scala, I preferr Groovy/Grails over Scala/Lift for my web development needs. I would love to give Scalatra a try too.
[+] alnayyir|15 years ago|reply
Is anyone aware of any web frameworks that are more structured than the 1,001 Sinatra clones but aren't Django/Rails or something resembling a rotting corpse with a bad idea for an ODB persistence layer?