Hi, I would recommend Java with all it's parts: J2SE, J2EE(for web) J2ME(for mobiles). AT this moment it is supported on all platforms. Regards, Paul.

Hi, It depends on a few things: a)does it do what you what ? b)is it open source or not ? c)is the library maintained by the company that developed it ? If not, you will find your self later in the situation to change the library. Regards, Paul Joseph.

A good post about the importance by ref or by value can be found here: http://www.yoda.arachsys.com/java/passing.html[^] Also there are some examples on the page about it. Paul Joseph.

Does anyone know a good tutorial of how to configuare RichFaces on Eclipse ? Paul.

Sure. One of the project that I recommend you to get involve as a open source developer which is based on Java, J2EE, JSF, Maven, Javascript etc is XWIKI. You can find dev parts here: http://dev.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/WebHome[^]. Paul.

One of the best way to become a good programmer is not only to take part in project(even that is one of the best way) but to rather advance in algorithms with Design patterns: Controller, Decorator, Wrapper, Delegate, etc. Look for tutorial with design patterns. Many open source application use design patterns, actually all of them. Paul.

the way I'd do it would be to redirect to a new page(could be blank, could redirect at the page before) that will take data from the form and send it to the email. PHP command: bool mail ( string $to , string $subject , string $message [, string $additional_headers [, string $additional_parameters ]] ). More about this: here Paul.

It basically depends on the size of the hospital and the language in which you are gone write the application. Check out this article: here. Paul.