Play Framework - Does it make sense?

Question

Java

Hello.
In connection with the process of learning Java, the question of professional growth arose. I have a task to create a website. I decided, for development purposes, to implement it in Java. The main problem is the same server part. I, as a beginner, have huge problems with Spring and, therefore, I look towards the Play Framework.
The question is about choice and meaningfulness: Is it worth it to engage and implement a project on Play, or still fight to the end in Spring?
Is Play in demand in the Java Programming market?

Answer 1

as a person who works with play, I declare with all responsibility that it is absolutely not in demand on the market, especially in conjunction with java.
The entire corporate segment works with all sorts of JEE, Spring and other horrors, so you will not find work in Russia with this framework, and even if you find it, you are guaranteed not to get it.
However, if it is important for you to create high-quality, modern projects from scratch, and not support the old as shit mammoth legacy code in some zachukhan CRM, then play is the ideal solution.

Answer 2

Hello. I don't know him much myself, but he's in demand. There, many things are written from scratch and it is not a superstructure over servlets. There is a good video on the JUG.ru channel dedicated to Java. There Anton Keks tells how he used it for an hour. The channel is here https://www.youtube.com/user/JUGRuVideo/videos . Very useful seminars are posted there.
In general, if you want to quickly start slapping Java sites, look here
sparkjava.com A very cool framework, you should start playing around )

import static spark.Spark.*;

public class HelloWorld {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        get("/hello", (req, res) -> "Hello World");
    }
}

just the code will tell everything for me))

Answer 3

If you have Java skills, then there is a point. If you choose the web for learning and development, it is better to abandon java towards PHP, Ruby, Python, Javascript.

Answer 4

If a beginner, then spring is naturally better. If only because there is much more information on the spring. Well, in any case, study Java itself well first.