Choosing a Web Framework for a Web Mobile App

Question

I want to experiment a bit with web applications (and especially mobile web application). I am currently investigating on the framework to use on the server side, as I would like to develop a clean code following the MVC model.

I am thinking of using the Play Framework, in combination with jQuery, and the FormFactor JS library for the Javascript client side.

As it is my first experience of mobile web app development, I am very welcome to any suggestions you might have, regarding the technologies to use and the process to follow to get started.

Thank you very much.

Additional Question: Do you know which web framework used the Financial Times for their great iPad web application? For the client side, it seems they used jQuery with a few libraries.

Answer 1

I have used Play framework and jQuery mobile before and would definitely recommend them. jQuery mobile is absolutely amazing, easy to use and insanely fast to develop with. I have since moved onto asp.net MVC but if your set on using java (And ofcourse you have the added bonus of easy deployment) Play is extremely good.

Answer 2

Check out web2py . It's very easy to set up, learn, and use, and has great jQuery integration , including a jQuery Mobile plugin . The online book should get you going, and if you need any help, there's a very active mailing list .