This is the stack I have been using for a few years. This is a stable, reliable stack with tools of tools, IDE support and a solid community around it. Framewo

This is the stack I have been using for a few years. This is a stable, reliable stack with tools of tools, IDE support and a solid community around it. Framework: Spring MVC, Spring Security, JAX-RS, JSP+Tiles, JQuery, Maven Language: Java Web Server: Apache Tomcat 6., Jetty Data Layer: Hibernate Database: MySQL 5 OS: Linux, Mac OS X I am trying the following stack, which may be more flexible. Framework: Backbone MVC+JQuery+Bootstrap, Spring Core, Spring Security, JAX-RS, Maven Language: Java Web Server: Apache Tomcat 6., Jetty Database: MongoDB OS: Linux, Mac OS X