Scalatra: A Sinatra-like Web Framework for Scala

[icey]

http://www.infoq.com/news/2010/10/scalatra

[flacon]

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 → flacon]

It's kind of funny because originally it was called step and then they renamed it a few months ago. I liked step better.

[rossabaker → SourPatch]

We renamed after we discovered another framework named Step. The new name has the advantage of being easier to search for, but I do sincerely apologize for the name of the scalatra-scalate module. Glad you enjoy the framework!

[icey]

Anyone using this? It'd be pretty awesome to get a first-hand account of it.

[SourPatch → icey]

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.

[ghotli → icey]

The linked in engineering team just deployed scalatra as part of their big new faceting search engine.

http://sna-projects.com/blog/2010/10/linkedin-signal-a-look-...

[riffraff → icey]

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]

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]

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?