Choose 'better' or more familiar technologies for a new project?

Question

I am looking to start work on a brand-new project, something I\'ve been thinking about for a while as my first independent sellable project. It\'s broadly speaking a web-based s

Answer 1

I can say for sure that Spring is worth considering. It gives you as much as you can take, but it doesn't bother you with things you don't need.

For example, at the very beginning you probably need dependency injection only. Then you'll need help with database interactions and transaction management. Then you'll decide to apply MVC patter to your web-application. After that may be you'll realize that components of your system are to send JMS to each other. And so on and so forth.

For all this cases Spring has it's own simple, intuitive, light-weight solution.