ActiveWeb is a Java framework for building web applications

Inspired by Ruby on Rails

News

March 20 2012 - ActiveWeb and ActiveJDBC were presented to the Software Craftsmanship McHenry County - got great reception. Part of the presentation was to build a simple live application with test coverage.
January 25 2012 - support for flexible routing model added.
January 5 2012 - Igor Polevoy presented ActiveWeb to the Groupon Geekfest and got a warm welcome from the crowd. One group got so excited about ActiveJDBC that they offered a helping hand in adding MSSQL support, which they did a week later.
August 16 2011 - Igor Polevoy presented ActiveWeb to the Chicago Java User Group. You can find slides of the presentation in SideShare

Convention over configuration – zero configuration is required to develop ActiveWeb applications, and some conventions are overridable.
Highest degree of developer productivity - ActiveWeb allows developers to build real Java web projects without the need for the typical compile/package/deploy/start cycle. A container is started once, and development can continue. ActiveWeb will recompile controllers and reload them into a running container on the fly.
Adherence to Java standards - ActiveWeb binds to core Java standards: JDBC and Servlets.
First-rate built-in testing capabilities - ActiveWeb provides the ability to test every discrete business function, including data generated by business logic, the content and structure of generated HTML/JSON/XML/XYZ, and complex user scenarios, all without having to start a container. ActiveWeb is perfect for true TDD/BDD, and it promotes writing specifications (tests) before coding implementations.
Full stack web development platform - unlike many other Java frameworks, such as JSF, Struts, Wicket, etc., which usually solve only one problem, ActiveWeb is a full stack development framework for the Web. It provides all features that are integrated together. This allows to start Java web projects very fast.

Integrated dependency injection - ActiveWeb integrates Google Guice as a dependency injection container.
ActiveWeb uses ActiveJDBC as ORM layer. This is a lightweight integration, and both frameworks work very well together. However, developers still have the option of using a different ORM package if desired.
Built-in support for Unobtrusive JavaScript - this allows for the development of dynamic Ajax applications without having to write repetitive JavaScript code. Unobtrusive JavaScript does not clutter HTML pages as generated JavaScript would.

To get a quick idea on what this is about, see FiveMinuteGuideToActiveWeb

Watch a quick video on Youtube that demonstrates ActiveWeb's ability to add code to the application dynamically, at run time:

For support, please refer to ActiveWeb Google Groups