GWT is the more heavy weight than JSP. Whole app takes 2 minutes to load in hosted mode. In my opinion if one has to choose Java then my ideal stack is: JSP, Sp

GWT is the more heavy weight than JSP. Whole app takes 2 minutes to load in hosted mode. In my opinion if one has to choose Java then my ideal stack is: JSP, Spring, Hibernate, Java. For personal projects: I am a Grails guy. I love it. Dynamic methods on Model classes, no need of DAO's per say, GSP tags are great. I have also developed using Python and Django. And loved it. Grails gives me that only in Groovy/Java which is awesome! My 2 cents.