You could try Jboss Seam : http://www.seamframework.org/Documentation/GettingStarted
If you are using Eclipe as your IDE there is good integration via Jboss Tools or you can use the Seam-Gen tool that comes with Seam. This allows you to define a database table (or tables) and with a few easy commands, build an entire runnable web project from it. It's a nice way to get the ball rolling.
