If you want a java-based framework coupled with Rails' productivity, go through the play framework's screencast and documentation (http://www.playframework.org/

If you want a java-based framework coupled with Rails' productivity, go through the play framework's screencast and documentation (http://www.playframework.org/documentation/1.0.2.1/home http://www.playframework.org/documentation/1.0.2.1/home). It's the only java framework I've found that excites me about development, and if you know Rails, you really know play. It's that similar. Edit: oh, and also many, many times faster.