DJHell .'s List: Java Development 2.0 at developerWorks

"In this Java development 2.0 installment, Andrew Glover give you a hands-on introduction to developing for and deploying on the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2). Learn how EC2 differs from Google App Engine, and leverage an Eclipse plug-in and the concise Groovy language to get a simple Web application up and running quickly on EC2."

"Provisioning an EC2 instance for hosting a Java™ Web application is a snap. In this Java development 2.0 column, you'll quickly build a Web application that leverages Groovy, Spring, and Hibernate (via the Grails framework) and deploy it on an EC2 instance."

"A burst of innovation in the open source world over the last few years has led to an increase in Java™ developer productivity. Freely available tools, frameworks, and solutions address once-common time sinks. A promising new entry on the scene is Apache CouchDB, hailed by some as the database for Web 2.0. The big picture of CouchDB is easy to grasp, and using it is as simple as using a Web browser. This Java development 2.0 column introduces CouchDB and shows you how Groovy's RESTClient can help you tap into its strengths."

"The introduction of the Google App Engine saw a wave of frameworks emerge to facilitate developing applications targeted for it. The Gaelyk framework, one such framework written in Groovy, eases development of lightweight applications that leverage a datastore. And the scalability you can achieve is impressive."