Jairou is Live!

I finally did it! I released Jairou, a long time goal of mine which I rarely find enough time to dedicate. Needless to say, I'm pretty pumped! For those of you who don't know, Jairou is a Java framework that allows you to build web based applications. In fact, I built gcaddy.com with it about a year ago. I think it's the best Java web application framework out there, but of course I'm bias. But regardless of whether or not it's the best, it's most certainly different. Here are a few of the things that make it unique.

1. It's small, very small, in fact it's tiny! It's only 31kb total! That's right, I said kb. Most web pages are larger than that, let alone an entire server side web application framework!
2. It's packed with features. You can literally build entire web applications with it and not need to code any custom features. gcaddy.com is proof.
3. It's completely configurable (or rather declarative) via XML. It's based on the idea that applications should be configured, not written. Most of the code you need to write is included in the framework, so why write more.
4. It's easy, you don't need to be a Java expert to use it. In fact, your better off knowing XML, Javascript and SQL, because most (if not all) the Java is done for you.
5. It deploys as a J2EE compliant web application, therefore reaping the benefits and robustness of an enterprise grade platform.

There's more, but it doesn't make sense for me to ramble on about it. In fact I don't really care if anyone besides myself ends up using it. But if you're interested, feel free to check it out at jariou.org

BTW: The definition of jairou is 'Asiatic gazelle' hence the leaping buck logo.