I'm sure Rails would be less code and quicker to production. That's not to say that it can't be done quickly in Spring - Java. The whole 15 min blog thing is a

I'm sure Rails would be less code and quicker to production. That's not to say that it can't be done quickly in Spring - Java. The whole 15 min blog thing is a good example of fast Rails, it's also a good example of non production ready i.e. maintainable and extendable, rails.