I recommend Java the language and base platform running on Apache Tomcat frontended _not_ with mod_jk but with mod_proxy. See my post here for specifics: http:

I recommend Java the language and base platform running on Apache Tomcat frontended _not_ with mod_jk but with mod_proxy. See my post here for specifics: http://forum.linode.com/viewtopic.php?t=9230&p=53085#p53085 http://forum.linode.com/viewtopic.php?t=9230&p=53085#p53... For the Web UI I recommend GWT by using Eclipse and the GWT Designer GUI web designer they bought from the excellent folks at Instantiations back in 2010. https://developers.google.com/web-toolkit/tools/gwtdesigner/ https://developers.google.com/web-toolkit/tools/gwtdesigner/ https://developers.google.com/web-toolkit/tools/gwtdesigner/wizards/gwt/uibinder_composite https://developers.google.com/web-toolkit/tools/gwtdesigner/... If you have customers that demand a platform GUI application which accesses your web backend, Google donated WindowBuilder to Eclipse. http://www.eclipse.org/windowbuilder/ http://www.eclipse.org/windowbuilder/