I had some really good experience with groovy/grails in the past. I really like how the language is simple and how it could quickly generate the front end for simple CRUD apps. Are there other better options nowadays?
I came here to tell you that I have wonderful memories of groovy+grails. I used it at version 1.3.7 IIRC.<p>Last time I tried, version 3.something, gradle was in the middle and things that used to be simple had become complicated.<p>So... Dunno.<p>I'd probably invest time in Django.
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