JMS and EJBs aren't buzz words. They're specifications implemented by the Java EE reference implementation - allowing one to develop JMS and EJB components for

JMS and EJBs aren't buzz words. They're specifications implemented by the Java EE reference implementation - allowing one to develop JMS and EJB components for their applications which are deployable in glassfish application server (and any other Java EE application server platform). And it is easy to use Java EE components like these without the need for frameworks like Spring - if anything I think they just obscure what's really going on. Again I'd like to re-iterate I'm not a highly experienced developer but I've learnt how to use most of the Java EE technologies in my applications rather quickly.