links for 2008-05-09 # May 9, 2008 Understanding JavaServer Pages Model 2 architecture - Java World (tags: j2ee mvc programming) By Jeremiah Oeltjen | Last updated on September 23, 2012 5:32 AM
You should look at GRAILS. Grails is the best thing I have seen in a while. BTW, welcome to ISD535 ;-)
In case your interested: http://grails.codehaus.org