Re: Advantages and Disadvantages of the Spring Framework

josh.s17@xxxxxxxxx <josh.s17@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Just wanted explore whether with using the spring framwork is a common
experience. I can see same great advantages with using Spring however I
have this nagging feeling that it isn't the magic solution that some
people seem to make it out to be.

Nothing's "magic". Spring's many pieces can be very useful, but they
aren't usually the whole solution.

However the downside of Spring is trying to learn it. Learning J2SE.
then J2EE (even just the web component parts) and also some widely
used java frameworks takes a long time. Mastering or even being a
novice at the Spring framework take a fair amount of time in addition
to this.

The basic Spring container is something that every Java developer can
easily use; I hadn't written Java, let alone Spring, in June of last
year, and I managed to pick up the basics as I went along in a month
or two. The documentation is readily accessible to novice Java
programmers, IMO. You don't have to be a Spring guru to pick and
choose the pieces that fit your needs and use them.

Any thoughts?

Use the pieces of Spring that make your life easier without a second
thought.

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