Since we seem to be standardizing on Java. see AntNotes for build scripts, directory layouts etc. see UnitTesting for testing strategies. I've also mirrored the jboss site. Here is the free documentation that came down: http://glenn.remoteserver.org/jboss/jboss.org/online-manual/HTML/index.html Very important - servlet filter / servlet chaining - http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-06-2001/jw-0622-filters.html Obviously my graph work should be turned into a filter See also J2EECheatSheet