Choosing a simple web application framework [closed]

Answer 1

I suggest PHP as a good starting framework for many small hobby web apps:

• It is simple and easy to learn
• It is well documented and mature
• It takes virtually no time to save changes and see them in the browser
• There are lots of inexpensive hosting options
• Your development environment is free and quick to setup

Answer 2

Squatting is a small perl based web framework thingy inspired by Ruby's Camping. They're both small.

Answer 3

Java : Spring

Spring is the most popular application development framework for enterprise Java

Answer 4

ASP.NET / ASP.NET MVC

Answer 5

rails is a good choice - it is simple for simple things, while allowing more complex things to be possible (always a good sign). There is a little bit of learning curve initially, but that's true of all frameworks.

If you're happier in Java, you could also look at Groovy + Grails, a very similar framework with a Java slant (groovy is kind of like a cross between java and ruby, and you can mix and match Java and Groovy classes in the same project).

Answer 6

Try AIDA/Web, a Smalltalk Web Framework, it is known for its simplicity, not to mention of the elegance of Smalltalk!

To stay simple, the additional database like MySql is not needed, because the Smalltalk image is a capable object database by itself. Later when your needs arise, you can decide to go relational, or even better, stay pure OO and choose a Gemstone/S object database.