Quick to develop web app in Java [closed]

Question

I need to develop a basic web app very quickly (1 week) for a demo.

My requirements are

• Java (I need to make use of existing Java libraries to access the relevant data)
• 2 screens
• One for static data view, maybe some search parameters
• Other for basic form entry
• No fancy AJAX required
• Ideally easy for a web designer to come in and tart it up as necessary, without having to rewrite everything

My first stop was going to be to checkout Wicket as I've heard good things about it. I don't have the time right now to dive into anything heavy, which probably writes off JSF in my mind (I played with JSF1, steep learning curve which I've now slid back down).

I'm happy to treat the result as throwaway so if there's a framework which starts of well but then doesn't scale up to bigger projects, that would be ok.

Any suggestions appreciated on frameworks/approach.

Answer 1

Spring roo can very quickly create web applications using GWT for CRUD, and tarting it up later. Check out the Keynote from Google I/O 2010 (Especially Day 1, Part 9) where the skeleton of a basic expense tracking application is developed from scratch in about 2 minutes.

GWT support is in Roo 1.1.0.M1

As a milestone release, Roo 1.1.0.M1 isn't intended for mission-critical use.

It is probably easiest to get in the form already integrated with the eclipse based SpringSource Tool Suite