Spring

Spring

Spring is a powerful and popular Java framework with extensive application on the enterprise level and when developing web applications.

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Features of Spring
  • Develop your project straight through Spring Boot
  • Spring Cloud simplifies analysis of your distributed systems network
  • Use Spring Cloud Flow to facilitate smooth cloud-native data pipelines
Pros of Spring
  • Built off one of the most popular languages in the world
  • Integrates very easily with other frameworks
  • Compartmentalization lets you break things up into small and reusable blocks of code
Cons of Spring
  • Can require some extensive configuration to really get working the way you need
  • Size of the framework means it sometimes runs slow
Spring Reviews

Since its initial release in 2002, Spring has quickly grown into one of the most popular Java frameworks in the world. Setting up a Spring framework is an exceedingly simple affair for anyone who has experience working with frameworks, but the level to which you can configure and alter the framework itself is strong. Spring doesn't impose a specific programming model, and this allows it to be used for a wide range of functions. It's a versatile pinch hitter of a platform that a savvy developer can make use of in a variety of different ways. Spring is one of the most popular Java frameworks around, and it arguably serves as the de facto standard as far as back end development goes. While this can be read as a testimony to the framework's value, it also comes with a distinct and important practical advantage. The versatility of a framework like this means that there are countless applications for it,, but finding the way to accomplish what you need to do may not be immediately apparent, especially if you're working on a particularly complex task. Due to Spring's popularity, there's a huge abundance of online resources you can use to get assistance. Whether you're looking for answers to the most basic questions or dig up specialized and detailed video and text tutorials. The community that's risen up around Spring is exceptional. And since it's such a prolific platform, companies looking for developers should have little difficulty, and developers who know the framework can expect to always be in high demand. Spring makes use of roughly 20 different modules to allow its users to accomplish a huge number of different goals. While that may seem like a lot of information to digest, particularly if you're fairly new to development, the way that these modules are compartmentalized means that you can learn just the ins and outs of the components that interest you. A number of these modules are designed to make working with external APIs easier and simplify how you interact with the databases within your software platform. This means you can draw in a number of existing pieces of software, all working with their own diverse code blocks, and integrate them together without having to worry about extensive rewrites or patchwork solutions. And since Java is such a widely understood language, it's easy to scale your project with new developers without them having to learn a whole new syntax in the process. The use of dependency jars within the framework also allows you to develop applications quickly, as you can take the properties you expect from other platforms like Cassandra and let Spring do the heavy lifting of conversion. It's equally as useful for improving the quality of existing projects as it is for building a new web application from the ground up.

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