Disagree. Have a look at more modern Java; for example Acteur[1]. Guice and a focus on annotations have dramatically reduced the annoying boilerplate that used

Disagree. Have a look at more modern Java; for example Acteur[1]. Guice and a focus on annotations have dramatically reduced the annoying boilerplate that used to surround EJB. Spring appears to be on the way out, which I think everyone can be thankful for - although the latest versions of Spring are starting to become quite good now, so maybe it will survive. Plus with the way Android is going, if you want to write something that actually runs on the devices you own, you'll want to know Java. ;) [1] https://github.com/timboudreau/acteur-tutorial https://github.com/timboudreau/acteur-tutorial