Yes ... not only is the bloat gone, but the "convention over configuration", "sensible defaults" and "scaffolding" that made RoR so much easier than J2EE has be

Yes ... not only is the bloat gone, but the "convention over configuration", "sensible defaults" and "scaffolding" that made RoR so much easier than J2EE has been replaced with the Java equivalents. JavaEE is certainly more than just a new name. EDIT: When signing up for sessions at JavaOne, my first pass is to add anything that has Adam Bien or Arun Gupta as a presenter.