Comment by brabel
2 days ago
Javalin was inspired by https://sparkjava.com/ which was inspired by Sinatra (which I think also inspired Express?).
Anyway, libraries like this were only really feasible after Java 8 because of the reliance on lambdas. Having to instantiate anonymous nested classes for every "function" was a total pain before that.
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