My latest attempt was using JSF in netbeans 6.5 and I was able to pull data but looking at the code gave me a headache. What is the best way to start learning web dev using java?

Struggling to get your first JPA 3 application off the ground? Here's a quick Hibernate and JPA 3 CRUD example to help you get going with the latest version of the Java Persistence API.

Integrating Ehcache with Spring-based applications is actually fairly easy. This tip provides a setp-by-step how to guide to integrating Ehcache with a sample Spring application.