manifold VS Dropwizard

Considering the Amount domain types, I like the manifold project’s unit expression[1] approach where the unit and domain type are integrated and always reconciled.

1. https://github.com/manifold-systems/manifold/tree/master/man...

> I am glad to see a project that provides a robust and elegant API for building rest services in Java.

Alternatives for _consuming_ REST services is perhaps an equally interesting proposition, particularly since there are potentially potentially many consumers per service e.g., the manifold JSON project[1].

Other areas where Springboot feels overbearing include JPA/ORM support. In my view this is its greatest weakness, but like the "no one ever got fired for buying IBM" cliche, the same can be said today about Springboot.

1. https://github.com/manifold-systems/manifold/blob/master/man...

I'm trying to set up a simple RESTful API with dropwizard that does some basic CRUD with a postgresql database. I've managed to get some endpoints working with dummy responses following the documentation, but I am now quite stuck when it comes to implementing the database functionality. The page about JDBI3 doesn't really help because the example usage doesn't match with the example app in the repository, where the code looks quite different and with no recent commits. It seems to assume prior knowledge of all of these libraries (which I don't have).

You might like Dropwizard then.

Dropwizard is a nice opinionated veneer over all the standard bits and pieces. https://www.dropwizard.io