Engineering a UI for a Java Backend: Maintainability, Longevity, and Why the Answer Might Surprise You

Most teams pick a UI framework the same way they pick a restaurant — by what is popular right now, what colleagues recommend, or what appeared at the top of a search result. This article takes a different approach: establish what a well-engineered UI for a Java backend actually needs to be, from first principles, and then see what framework honestly satisfies those requirements. The conclusion may not be what you expect. Part 1: Where the Client Lives Before requirements, one dist...