Spring: Developing Java Applications for the Enterprise

Benefits of the Spring Framework

The following is the list of a few great benefits of using the Spring Framework:

• Spring is a powerful framework, which address many common problems in Java EE. It includes support for managing business objects and exposing their services to presentation tier component.
• It facilitates good programming practice such as programming using interfaces instead of classes. Spring enables developers to develop enterprise applications using POJO and POJI model programming.
• It is modular, allowing you to use only those parts that you need. It allows us to just choose any part of it in isolation.
• It supports both XML- and annotation-based configuration.
• Spring provides a lightweight container that can be activated without using ...