title: JVM Frameworks, which one?
body: <p>I don't have much experience in frameworks or languages, so i need your help.</p>
  
  <p>Here's what i've done so far so you can understand where i'm coming from.</p>
  
  <p>I've developed a web app using Java/Spring MVC/Hibernate. on the front end i've got some jquery datatables doing ajax calls to a db, another pages executes a stored prod and thats about it.</p>
  
  <p>Now i got fed up with all the configuration, beans, hibernate mapppings, spring mappings, apache tiles, and the list goes on.</p>
  
  <p>I had a play with Groovy/Grails and that seems so much easier, but that means i need to learn groovy and i've heard about it's performance weakness.</p>
  
  <p>So i ran into Play Framework, can someone tell me if Play would make my life easier with the above scenario or should i just go into Groovy/Grails or even scala/lift.</p>
  
  <p>I don't have too much time on my hands to pick up another language so if i can stay with core Java and use Play that would be great.</p>
  
  <p>So is my described headache the reason why there's RoR/python-django, grails ect,ect? or is it something else?</p>
  
  <p>thanks,</p>
  
  <p>glenn.</p>