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To Generalize (for web):

HTML/CSS/JS (View)

jQuery (View Framework, couldhave been YUI, for example)

Programming language

Framework in said language

I still think actual SQL / DB knowledge is requisite to do all but the most minor of apps, but he is specifically trying to get people from being overwhelmed.

I'm struggling with Play!, because I need to know HTML/CSS/Java/Scala subset (templates)/EBean ORM/the massive library that is Play.

Just a simple app touches on so many libraries and helper functions, it's hard to get a grasp of what's going on. I don't even build a form anymore, I build a form-ish object that I pass to the controller that fills in data to the ORM that inserts stuff into the database. o_O