Business week has some interesting analysis of Java and suggests that It’s So Nineties in terms of a tool for web development. They point to a number of competing technologies like LAMP, Rails and .NET as serious tools in the web arena.
If you’ve spent any time developing with Java and are interested in checking out this Ruby on Rails thing, Ruby off the Rails by IBM will help you transition from Java to Ruby. The focus is on learning Ruby as opposed to Rails, but if you want to do any serious Rails development, you’ll have to learn Ruby anyhow!
Sun Java Studio Creator is a free application from Sun Microsystems that adds a very slick IDE to creating web applications based on JSP and JSF. Some of the broad features include:
If you’d like a deeper look at this product, you can check out their impressive Flash Product Demo/Movie.
