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Introduction to Spring

Introduction to Spring

From the course: Spring: Framework in Depth

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Introduction to Spring

- [Instructor] As we get ready to dig into Spring framework in depth it is important to level set on what exactly Spring is and why it is become one of the most popular frameworks for the JDK. So what is Spring beyond just the basics of the framework? Spring is indeed a framework that provides the plumbing for an application so you can focus on the business processes or user needs that you are responsible for. But Spring is also an open source project backed by Pivotal, now owned once again by VMware. The power of Spring really starts with this community. The core committers are all fantastic developers and the community only makes them better. They're all very active in answering questions, responding to bugs, and sharing their opinions on how to use Spring in the most effective manner. Spring was and still is to a large part still focused on enterprise abstractions. It is really the bread-and-butter of its operational…

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