It may be slightly more verbose but you have to consider that the Java variant contains much more information in a single location. For example having a single file with methods annotated with @GET or @POST is so much cleaner to me than having routes.rb open in another editor window constantly Ctrl-Fing through it to sort out whats going on.
> For example having a single file with methods annotated with @GET or @POST is so much cleaner to me than having routes.rb open in another editor window
URL mapping is a framework detail, not a language detail — although the framework can be limited by the language. In Sinatra you'd write:
each style (these and half a dozen others) has its advantages and inconvenients. For instance, separate urls mapping (Rails, Django) give a starting point laying out the structure of the site and make views/controllers easier to reuse (as they're not coupled to URLs)[0], whereas annotating the handler directly gives a better view of where they're involved and how.
[0] They also make it simpler to "graft" sub-sites in
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It may be slightly more verbose but you have to consider that the Java variant contains much more information in a single location. For example having a single file with methods annotated with @GET or @POST is so much cleaner to me than having routes.rb open in another editor window constantly Ctrl-Fing through it to sort out whats going on.
> For example having a single file with methods annotated with @GET or @POST is so much cleaner to me than having routes.rb open in another editor window
URL mapping is a framework detail, not a language detail — although the framework can be limited by the language. In Sinatra you'd write:
http://www.sinatrarb.com/intro.html#Routeseach style (these and half a dozen others) has its advantages and inconvenients. For instance, separate urls mapping (Rails, Django) give a starting point laying out the structure of the site and make views/controllers easier to reuse (as they're not coupled to URLs)[0], whereas annotating the handler directly gives a better view of where they're involved and how.
[0] They also make it simpler to "graft" sub-sites in
I think that's a matter of preference.
I don't mind both styles (after working with Spring MVC 3, Servlet 3, JAX-RS, and Rails)