If you want to do something basic in Java, use Servlets. Java servlets allow you to use java to make web pages at a very basic level. This is good if you aren't super experienced in making beautiful front-end pages.
Servlets are like embedding HTML in your java. It is almost like you are writing a Java program to print out a dynamically created webpage. i.e. (this is not even the right syntax, but just a peek at what your code will look like):
out.println("<HTML>");
out.println("<HEAD> <TITLE> My Webpage </TITLE> </HEAD>");
out.println("<BODY>");
out.println("<H1> Hello World! </H1>");
out.println("<UL>");
for(int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
out.println("<LI>"+i+"</LI>);
}");
out.println("</UL>");
out.println("</BODY>");
out.println("</HTML>");
You can also use JSP, which is very outdated, looks like PHP, but does its job. JSP compiles to a Servlet internally, and looks like embedding java in your HTML: i.e. the same code as above:
<HTML>
<HEAD> <TITLE> My Webpage </TITLE> </HEAD>
<BODY>
<H1> Hello World! </H1>
<UL>
<% for(int i = 0; i < 10; i++) { %>
<LI><%= i %></LI>
<% } %>
</UL>
</BODY>
</HTML>
All the Java web frameworks like Struts, Stripes, Spring MVC... are built on servlets. I would suggest learning servlets before trying anything else.
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