Then you should check out http://coolite.com/ It's a
There are some wrapper libraries for ExtJS and GWT which will allow programmers with no JS experience to build ExtJS front ends with Java.
Check out http://www.extjs.com/products/gxt/ or http://www.gwt-ext.com/
I've been using gwt-ext for some time now with great success.
Sounds like you might need to find somewhere else to work.
Check out Vendetta Online
http://www.vendetta-online.com/
Elite is one of my all time favorite games and Vendetta had me hooked for a year or so with it's great twitch based combat.
Are you sure you don't just need a new job?
At my current company we have great analysts and we tend to write purposeful code that has been well optimized for speed and maintainability. Our management even has a clue... Don't assume that your personal experience at your job is indicative of state of an entire industry.
Actually, you can't.
If you want to install your app on an actual phone it has to be signed using a $99 development key.
I really don't think it's that big of a deal, but folks will get bent out of shape about anything. Hell, if I really cared, I could pay one windows box worth of dollars, then buy visual studio, then buy a Windows Mobile phone, and avoid paying $99 dollars to run my custom application on my phone.
System going down in 5 minutes.