Comment by ivan_gammel

Java isn't that bad, I'd say. ;) I've been in web development for almost 20 years, and used quite a lot of stuff, including PHP, Perl, C++, Java, Ruby and even such a weirdo like Informix WebConnect. Java is still my favorite, and the reason is the true modularity. You can combine Java EE and Spring stacks (lots of XML already forgotten in distant past), you can choose any presentation layer implementation and the architectural flexibility is the real selling point for projects bigger than a homework. I can beleive if the author would switch to it and I'm surprised that you don't.