Why spring became so popular compared to other java frameworks?
- Good integration with testing framework.
- No plumbing code required. (Removed unnecessary repeated code like try catch while making db calls)
- Flexible Architecture
- Spring Boot
- Spring Cloud
- Spring Batch
- Spring Data
- Spring Integration
- Spring Security
- Spring HATEOAS
- Spring Web Services
- Spring Mobile.
- Spring Android.
- Spring Session
- Staying with the trend.
Import Goals and features of Spring Boot :
- Enable building a production ready application quickly.
- Provide common non functional features
- Quick stater project with Auto Configuration
- Production ready features
- metrics and health check
- Externalized configuration.