Java frameworks like J2EE, Hibernate, Spring, and the basic Java servlets model made it relatively easy to create strong web applications. The technology thrived until JavaScript and Node.js appeared.

All the existing Java-based web frameworks simply build on top of the Servlet and JSP API. Essentially, there’s nothing you can do with Spring MVC or JSF that you can’t do on your own with the Servlet ...

Spring Framework 5.0, featuring a new reactive web framework, was released on September 28, 2017. Pieter Humphrey, product marketing manager at Pivotal, called it the most significant release ...

But as amazing as they are, they shouldn't be part of Java EE spec. Java EE has always provided a foundation for creating web-based applications. From Day One, the Servlet ... web development ...

RIFE/Jumpstart features a collection of libraries to get developers started, a customizable source structure, test blueprints, a Jetty servlet ... the Spring framework and standard JDBC (Java ...