> I like Java. I am able to be quite productive with it along with Spring and Guava. Hibernate, though somewhat finicky, makes dealing with databases almost tri

> I like Java. I am able to be quite productive with it along with Spring and Guava. Hibernate, though somewhat finicky, makes dealing with databases almost trivial. Spring and Hibernate made me abandon Java. I still recall my reaction when I started to learn and program with it: "If this is the way I'm supposed to solve issues and ship software, the tool (Java) is obviously not doing its job."