Django like framework for Java [closed]

Question

I am a Java developer. Is there some Django/Ruby-on-Rails kind of framework for Java? I don't like to create the admin panel for each project I do. It's boring to do the same thing again and again. Also for my new project I have a short deadline and I would like to use some kind of Java framework that speeds up development.

Answer 1

Take a look at LightAdmin pluggable administration interface for Spring/JPA-backed web applications.

Usually, in web application development, you need to have some kind of administration back-end with usable UI and it's boring to develop it from scratch all the time and maintain it in the future.

Personally, I solved this for my Java projects by simply plugging LightAdmin library and doing some customizations from DSL configurations.

All you need to do is to declare Maven dependency & enable administration panel in your web.xml. Right after this you'll have a feature-rich UI with complete CRUD support, filtering, scopes, security, etc.

LightAdmin's DSL for admin panel customization example:

@Administration( Booking.class ) public class BookingAdministration {  public static ScopesConfigurationUnit scopes( final ScopesConfigurationUnitBuilder scopeBuilder ) {     return scopeBuilder         .scope( "All", all() )         .scope( "Smoking Apartments", specification( smokingApartmentsSpec( true ) ) )         .scope( "Non Smoking Apartments", specification( smokingApartmentsSpec( false ) ) )         .scope( "Long-term bookings", filter( longTermBookingPredicate() ) ).defaultScope().build(); }  public static FiltersConfigurationUnit filters( final FiltersConfigurationUnitBuilder filterBuilder ) {     return filterBuilder         .filter( "Customer", "user" )         .filter( "Booked Hotel", "hotel" )         .filter( "Check-In Date", "checkinDate" ).build(); }  public static FieldSetConfigurationUnit listView( final FieldSetConfigurationUnitBuilder fragmentBuilder ) {     return fragmentBuilder         .field( "user" ).caption( "Customer" )         .field( "hotel" ).caption( "Hotel" )         .field( "checkinDate" ).caption( "Check-In Date" )         .field( "smoking" ).caption( "Smoking" )         .field( "beds" ).caption( "Beds" )         .build(); }  public static DomainTypePredicate<Booking> longTermBookingPredicate() {     return new DomainTypePredicate<Booking>() {         @Override         public boolean apply( final Booking booking ) {             return booking.getNights() > 20;         }     }; }  public static DomainTypeSpecification<Booking> smokingApartmentsSpec( final boolean isSmokingApartment ) {     return new DomainTypeSpecification<Booking>() {         @Override         public Predicate toPredicate( final Root<Booking> root, final CriteriaQuery<?> query, final CriteriaBuilder cb ) {             return cb.equal( root.get( "smoking" ), isSmokingApartment );         }     }; }  } 

Answer 2

Recently I found a framework which looked very much like django. It's called playframework and you can find it here:

http://playframework.org/

I suggest you watch the video on the front page.

Another Java based django-like framework is Spring Roo, but in my opinion it's not quite ready. Last time I used it the documentation was virtually non-existent.

http://www.springsource.org/roo