Simpler J2EE

This website ( http://simplerj2ee.net ) will be specially valuable for beginning J2EE programmers. It is a free resource that suggests a J2EE technology stack that lets you write your J2EE applications in a much simpler way.

The idea is that you can use Struts and iBATIS to your benefit to create a very wide variety of applications. Struts is seen as the simplest of the front end frameworks and iBATIS is seen as the simplest of the back end frameworks. Both are simple, yet both are also effective and powerful.

In addition there is a free online book on iBATIS - http://www.simplerj2ee.net/ibatis/ibatis_book_sj.pdf that you can use or browse to pick up iBATIS much faster.