Web Development

Will Another Play-Style Framework Make its Way to Java?

I’ve just discovered the Ninja Web Framework. This one isn’t “yet another framework”, it’s actually heavily based on the very popular Play Framework ideas. It seems to provide a substitute for the latter, since Zenexity and Typesafe have formed an alliance to further support Play primarily in the Scala ecosystem. Some people may feel that this makes the Play+Java combination a second-class citizen. The Ninja Web Framework is maintained by a Berlin-based company called FinalFrontierLabs, who were great fans of Play when they were using it in Java. You have to love their company profile:

Picture Copyright (c) 2013 by FinalFrontierLabs

As some people seem to have regretted Play’s focus on Scala, this framework is certainly one to keep an eye out for in the near future!

Amazing Web Applications with PL/SQL and Formspider

In the good old days, dynamic web applications were created using cgi-bin and C. Yes, C as in pre-C++. Today, this might seem odd or even crazy. But why not. And why not create a website using PL/SQL? Check out Formspider, a web framework that connects AJAX requests directly with PL/SQL stored procedure calls. For instance, to generate charts:

http://theformspider.com/API/api_chart.html

Intrigued? Me too! ;-)