Toby's Spring Chapter 8: What is Spring?
8.1 Spring’s Definition An open-source lightweight application framework facilitating Java enterprise development Application Framework Unlike libraries/frameworks specialized for specific domains or technologies Application frameworks encompass entire application scope comprehensively Spring originated from Rod Johnson’s J2EE technical book example code The book addressed design and development strategies across all J2EE application tiers Spring was developed incorporating core strategies for Java enterprise development across all tiers Lightweight Not heavy - Contrary to excessive engineering in technologies like EJB Spring operates on simplest server environments (Tomcat, Jetty) Code remains comparatively compact and simple Facilitating Java Enterprise Development ...