does Activeweb really need to be java 1.8?
I'd like to be able to use App Engine's standard edition[1], but it only supports java 1.7.
I'm quite behind on activeweb development, so would appreciate understanding the need for 1.8 at least.
Thanks!
If you really need Java7, there is an ActiveWeb backward-compatible release for Java 7: http://javalite.io/activeweb-release-notes-january-7-2017
The same is available for ActiveJDBC: http://javalite.io/activejdbc-release-notes-january-06-2017
However, with Java 7 was released 6 years ago, and Java 8 is about 3 years old now, I'd suggest to not look back. and just use Java 8.