There are a majority of enterprises running Java applications and working on Java web development framework. What remains to be seen is that a number of companies are tied to the conventional web development framework and  haven’t actually started to anticipate what could be the best Java web development framework. Even the JavaOne might hold no unified voice for what web framework is best. There are several easy to use Java web frameworks that are out now a days, and they are too many. Essentially choosing the best web development framework has become more intricate, specifically due to three reasons. On a broader perspective, the web technology landscape has undergone a sea change; far more choice of technology; and changing requirements for modern web applications. After an extensive research we assorted the 10 best Java web development framework that we would like to share with you.

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With Apache Tomcat developers can enable PHP only in one web application and run it globally for all applications under tomcat. Generally, PHP is said to have several orders of magnitude more open source code and projects. Those developers favoring the Resin application server have the ubiquitous of PHP. Implementing PHP in Java would benefit both the PHP users and pure Java users. The developers can use the Java EE 5 platform-compliant Web container in Web Server to build reliable and scalable Web applications that are highly demanded.  Here's a comprehensive article that shows you how to run PHP in Java as well as JSP/Servlet-PHP integration options.

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Java EE 6 arrives as a big leap transforming into an ideally simple, streamlined and well-integrated platform. Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE) has grown over the years since its in 1999. After years of development the Java EE platform has accumulated a chunk of outdated APIs that are not well supported or not widely deployed.  Improving over the past two version, the Java EE 6 mainly focuses on providing ease of development and support for the third party frameworks.

The platform has undergone a significant upgrade with a new set of innovative features - brand new APIs like WebBeans 1.0 and JAX-RS 1.1 and servlet 3.0, clearly reflected in the technology. Additionally, some minor changes have been incurred such as standardizing global JNDI naming, the major themes for JSR 316 are pruning and profiles. Let's have a broader view of the newly incorporated features in Java EE 6.0.

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For those without any knowledge of trouble ticket system, let's being from the scratch. Trouble ticket system (aka. issue tracking system) is a software package  designed to manage and maintain lists of issues, required in an organization. Ticket's are files contained within the trouble ticket system that contain information about support interventions reported by the technical support staff or any other third party on behalf of an end-user. The software is most commonly used in customer support services to create, update, and resolve the issues reported by customers, or other issues reported by the employees of the organization. The system also encloses a knowledge base containing information on each customer, solutions for common problems, and other such data.

The entire trouble ticket system has a workflow. For a better understanding let's take a small demo. Suppose a customer support technician receives a email, telephone call, or any other communication from a customer complaining about a problem. This might also be in the form of an authentic error reporting. In case, the technician finds the problem is real, he gathers entire information about the problem in details and creates an issue in the system, entering all the relevant data provided by the customer. As work on the issue progresses, the system is updated with the solution to fix the problem. Once the issue is completely solved, it is indicated as resolved in the issue tracking system. There are several trouble ticket system out there in the market, but most of them are on the higher end of price. We decided to focus on the open source issue tracking systems that involve minimal expenditure and maintenance cost. After a thorough research we assorted a list of top 10 Java trouble ticket system.

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Java caching software is written in java for server-side java applications. Caching is an effective technique when it comes to long-running applications such as servlets, JSPs and GUI applications. It speeds up the dynamic web applications by providing a means to manage cached data of various dynamic natures. At times its inevitable to cache some Java objects, especially the data that takes too much time to recreate when it is not changed frequently. For the ease of use these can be objects in a hash table, given that it takes the ever-increasing memory footprint of your application. This allows you to expire the older objects in the hashtable time and again, since you can recreate them whenever needed. The caching solutions are most useful for the high read, low put applications. Java caching solutions can also benefit dynamic content and reporting systems.

Now there are sites that construct pages, dropdowns, or common search results form a database repeatedly at regular intervals. The performance and scalability of these sites can be bettered through caching. Java caching software reduces the latency time and removes the snags from database. After an extensive, I aggregated the top 10 Java caching software.

1. Ehcache
2. OScache
3. JBoss Cache
4. S3C Java Serverside Cache 2.1
5. Shiftone
6. Jofti
7. JCS
8. Open Terracota
9. Shop.com Cache System
10. JSR 107: Jcache

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For those who think microblogging is no business and just a fan-following vogue, let me tell its one of the most powerful media today. Twitter reigns the microblogging world with an exponentially growing membership. It's real value lies in instantaneous communication with people. Real time interaction with instantaneous feedback to updates is what makes Twitter a popular social network. With increasing popularity, Twitter now has several software have come up. The Linux users would be glad to know that there are a number Twitter software for Linux.  I would like to list the top 10 Twitter software for Linux running Ubuntu.

1. gTwitter (easy-to-use Twitter software for Linux that provides automatic updates)
2. Twhirl(real-time tweet updates)
3. Pwytter(standout multi-platform Twitter client)
4. Twitux ( check out friends updates and public timeline optionally)
5. Mitter(multiple interfaces, display avatar pictures )
6. Spaz(intuitive design, customizable and directory listing of users)
7. Twitterfox(context menu with copy, re-tweet, open this tweet in new tab, delete tweet)
8. Twitbin(Firefox extension the allows )
9. Genome Do
10. BTL

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Web hosting companies are the first visitors you will have when you intend to make a website of your own. There are so many of them in the internet that its pretty normal to get confused with too many options available. Also, it depends upon the kind of site you want to host. A personal website may normally take only a starter's plan to start with, whereas corporate and enterprise setups need their namesakes. So we are starting a series of reviewing web hosting companies individually and then we will make a comparison of all that. For now, let's focus on LFChosting i.e. Loose Foot Computing.

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I am on to create a cool (really really cool) application with Java back-end, distributed processing and all . Expect to see lots of Java tech tips and articles in the coming days.

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I am preparing for attending JavaOne. I will cover JavaOne 2008 live on this blog and on twitter.

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Robert Scoble recently commented that the secret to twitter is to follow more people, that way you get to learn more. I agree that is it important. However that doesn't give you the real value out of twitter. You can get more out of twitter.

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