This looks cool. Will give it a try soon. One comment I have is regarding the jars in the github repo, would you not benefit by using some kind of repository to pull down the jars when compiling (eg. sonar, maven central, clojars etc.) and remove all those deps from there and allow users to use their modified versions if needed. that will also reduce the size of your repo.
Also have you looked at dropwizard (http://dropwizard.codahale.com/) it's really simple to use. Would like to know your thoughts on that and also how your framework compares to theirs.
I believe more and more that Micro is talking to a specific audience, where the non-Java users have an important role too in the development of the site; Designers, Content managers, etc. With Micro they can prototype quickly before even calling for dev support. I am glad that when I compare Micro with similar frameworks, I realize how small Micro is:) And I truly like it this way. Sure Micro is lacking the persistence support for now (many other features too, probably) and it will be hard to compare it with other frameworks from this perspective. However, Micro is modular and can be expanded easily! (I am searching for a light ORM that I could add as an optional extension; activejdbc, maybe?)
Honestly, I see all the other similar frameworks as options, not as competitors. Let the users compare and choose based on what they want to accomplish. Maybe they'll use ... I don't know ... Play, to randomly pick one, for building an awesome e-comm web site, but would they use it for developing a .. blog, or a fast REST service front-end layer let's say?! The Ruby world is full with good examples where devs/designers are swinging between the fat Rails and the slimmer Sinatra/etc., shouldn't we be glad we can start doing the same in Java?
Thanks for your reply and your thoughts on the different frameworks.
Totally agree about giving better options to dev quickly in java too. There are so many times when I just end up using python to dev quickly and make a proof of concept web api and then when I have to interface with JVM systems, I end up writing thrift interfaces to keep my original python code around and to allow me to do quick changes to the api.
I tried dropwizard and it really makes it easy to write a webapi and is really fast. With that said, I will play with Micro very soon and let you know how it went.
Also have you looked at dropwizard (http://dropwizard.codahale.com/) it's really simple to use. Would like to know your thoughts on that and also how your framework compares to theirs.