This is the stack I have been using for a few years.
This is a stable, reliable stack with tools of tools, IDE support and a solid community around it.<p>Framework: Spring MVC, Spring Security, JAX-RS, JSP+Tiles, JQuery, Maven
Language: Java
Web Server: Apache Tomcat 6.<i>, Jetty
Data Layer: Hibernate
Database: MySQL 5
OS: Linux, Mac OS X<p>I am trying the following stack, which may be more flexible.<p>Framework: Backbone MVC+JQuery+Bootstrap, Spring Core, Spring Security, JAX-RS, Maven
Language: Java
Web Server: Apache Tomcat 6.</i>, Jetty
Database: MongoDB
OS: Linux, Mac OS X