Convention over configuration, scaffolding similar to RoR (or better with Forge) and advanced meta-programming via annotations have reduced the effort to produce CRUD applications to a level similar to the trendy languages and frameworks.
While J2EE was painful (10 interfaces and classes for some Entitys), JavaEE is fun to work with and (for the most part) intuitive as it's focused on POJOs and includes DI (CDI). Now I focus on my business logic, and let the rest of the pieces fall into place naturally!
So true - enjoying working with Java EE on a daily basis. I am not always entirely satisfied with Glassfish though (my application server of choice), so I'm willing to consider others. What are you using, perhaps JBoss?
Convention over configuration, scaffolding similar to RoR (or better with Forge) and advanced meta-programming via annotations have reduced the effort to produce CRUD applications to a level similar to the trendy languages and frameworks.
While J2EE was painful (10 interfaces and classes for some Entitys), JavaEE is fun to work with and (for the most part) intuitive as it's focused on POJOs and includes DI (CDI). Now I focus on my business logic, and let the rest of the pieces fall into place naturally!