Hands-On RESTful API Design Patterns and Best Practices

Choosing Light 4j over the rest

Let's conclude this section with the following facts about Light 4j, as it may help you determine whether to choose Light 4j for RESTful API development:

• Java-SE-based framework

• Scalable design

• Low latency

• Small memory footprint

• Several handlers as plugins

• Out-of-the-box OAuth2 integration (security-first design)

• Easy integration with other frameworks

• A built-in dependency-injection framework

• Benchmarks indicate as this the fastest RESTful framework

• May involve a steep learning curve due to poor documentation

• New to market/industry, so not much feedback yet on production systems

Light-rest-4j, built on top of the light4j framework, is very promising and gaining popularity due to various ...