Hello Dave, I mostly live in Python land on app engine myself. In Java 
land, I think people gravitate to lighter weight frameworks than the 
classic Java standards that you mention. 

I'll suggest two to consider:

Play! framework
Apache Wicket

On Sunday, May 13, 2012 7:36:00 PM UTC-5, Dave wrote:
>
> I am trying to understand the most widely used java framework for 
> developing server side web applications on Appengine. My goal is to 
> pick the most heavily used one for an upcoming class.  I have seen no 
> usage statistics. Are there any available? Are java frameworks more or 
> less popular than Python frameworks? 
>
> The JEE 6 spec  has Servlets 3.0, JSP 2.2 and JSF 2.0. Appengine is 
> running none of these specifications. 
> Appengine is currently running an old version of servlets 2.5.  Is 
> there any announced plan for Appengine to support servlets 3.0. 
> Appengine does not directly support the full JSF 2.0 release. Is there 
> any plan to? 
>
> Since the latest versions of servlets, jsp and jsf are not currently 
> supported by Appengine then is there one or two leading frameworks 
> that java developers are using on Appengine. This information would be 
> helpful for new users to best focus their initial learning to proven 
> systems used by experienced developers. 
>
>

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