A popular challenge that we java developers face when it comes to web application development is the choice of framework to use. And what makes it worse is the fact that each web framework is a new learning curve on its own, apart from the general knowledge of J2SE, JPA and other fundamental stuffs.

I have been using Play! framework for some time, but I feel the need to learn a framework that is more accepted generally. After doing some research on some "Best java web framework blogs, I am thinking of either going with Spring Framework or JBoss Seam.

I would like to know java developers' opinion on this. Which one do you think most organizations ask for?

As for me, is Spring with hibernate or jpa with jquery for ajax support all the way

I use jsf,ejb,jpa,xhtml,xml.

Thanks for your comments.

I think I will go with Spring.

checkout the play framework. Its more like the codeigniter for php. It is easy to learn

Do yourself a favor and just switch to Grails.

Otherwise, Tapestry5 or Play. Though I would suggest you avoid going too deep with play if you have no desire to learn Scala. (I sure didn't)