SSsscarduzio·Sep 30, 2015
If Scala is an option, try Finatra 2. Much simpler than Akka* and Play, well done, performant and battle tested (as opposed to akka-http).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dsX0S0WsEk
If Scala is not your thing, you should definitely check out Vert.x 3 with vertx-web
https://github.com/vert-x3/vertx-examples/tree/master/web-ex...
In Ask HN: What stack would you use to build a CRUD web app on the JVM today?