Wow. I wasted most of the day messing with, cajoling, pleading with, and sternly reprimanding a Weblogic server.

J2EE is a cool framework that provides logs of exciting, high-level functionality, but man -- the tools suck.

And this isn't just Weblogic's problem. JBoss, WebSphere, and SunOne also have bare-bones, poorly documented development environments.