This looks pretty neat. I can't believe I'd not heard of it before.

From a quick skim of the docs it feels like it could be the successor to Play v1 I was looking for. Opinionated and full stack, yet pure Java and built on existing, familiar, frameworks so that the average client or developer can feel a bit more comfortable.

I'm looking forward to trying this out!

It does look interesting. The short edit/compile/run cycle definitely helps.

Can't help the feeling that no matter how good this is, the name is just going to hold it back. "Ninja" in software circles now has more negative connotations that positive ones, largely due to stupid recruitment practices. My opinion, anyway.

So "Ninja" developer will now mean this? Next up, the 'Rockstar' framework to completely confound the job ad writers.

Now all those highly sought after devs will be Java-ites !

Next up, ANT, the fullstack web framework for projects that use the Ninja build system.

I know Raphael (tech lead) and I know a bit of the history. This project has legs...

why not?