All the cool new programming languages, like Ruby, always have compilers/interpreters and tools for Linux, and the old UNIX standbys like Tcl/Tk are still around when you need them. Why, then, is Java ...

I have been coding JSP's for a few years now using scriptlets and beans. What should I focus on next? JSTL, Spring or something else? Opinions, thoughts and good arguments are much appreciated.

After a few days of research, I still haven't figured out the best way of doing the following in java 1.4 (yes, it's ancient but it's what Blackboard uses, and this is going to run inside Blackboard).

JavaServer Faces (JSF) is the Java standard technology for building component-based, event-oriented web interfaces. Like JavaServer Pages (JSP), JSF allows access to server-side data and logic. Unlike ...