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What is Spring?

A key element of Spring is infrastructural support at the application level: Spring focuses on the "plumbing" of enterprise applications so that teams can focus on application-level business logic, without unnecessary ties to specific deployment environments.
Spring is a tool in the Frameworks (Full Stack) category of a tech stack.
Spring is an open source tool with 54.7K GitHub stars and 37.3K GitHub forks. Here’s a link to Spring's open source repository on GitHub

Who uses Spring?

Companies
573 companies reportedly use Spring in their tech stacks, including Accenture, Intuit, and deleokorea.

Developers
3130 developers on StackShare have stated that they use Spring.

Spring Integrations

Java, Spring Boot, Auth0, Bugsnag, and Java EE are some of the popular tools that integrate with Spring. Here's a list of all 17 tools that integrate with Spring.
Pros of Spring
230
Java
157
Open source
136
Great community
123
Very powerful
114
Enterprise
64
Lot of great subprojects
60
Easy setup
44
Convention , configuration, done
40
Standard
31
Love the logic
13
Good documentation
11
Dependency injection
11
Stability
9
MVC
6
Easy
3
Makes the hard stuff fun & the easy stuff automatic
3
Strong typing
2
Code maintenance
2
Best practices
2
Maven
2
Great Desgin
2
Easy Integration with Spring Security
2
Integrations with most other Java frameworks
1
Java has more support and more libraries
1
Supports vast databases
1
Large ecosystem with seamless integration
1
OracleDb integration
1
Live project
Decisions about Spring

Here are some stack decisions, common use cases and reviews by companies and developers who chose Spring in their tech stack.

Needs advice
on
MongoDBMongoDBNode.jsNode.js
and
ReactReact

Hello,

I will be programming my project in the coming months. I would need advice on the technology I will use.

I focus mainly on mobile apps, so it's clear there that it will be a native app written in Kotlin.

I will also need a backend (database, API). In the database, I will need to store words and their translations along with users and some statistics to start with.

I don't know which database to choose, whether NoSQL or SQL. Maybe NoSQL would suffice for some words and key-value data.

I would like to connect the web and a chrome extension to that backend. I assume that chrome extensions are made in JavaScript and I would use either Vue.js, AngularJS, or React on the web. The web would be quite simple, some flashcards, statistics, and so on ... I don't know which framework would be ideal, I've never done it, I'll be basically learning it. Ideally, also where you need as little CSS as possible.

With that backend, I have a dilemma as to which framework to use. Basically, it will be such a new for me, I just played with Flask a little bit, but It doesn't matter. Basically, everything runs on JS except the Android app. So is it advantageous to choose Node.js on the backend? I have no experience with this, is it an advantage when everything runs in almost one language? I also thought about Flask / Django, but I also quite like Node.js since it's in JS. But I'm open to all the possibilities of .NET, Spring .... What would be your choice?

To summarize: Android App - Native app in Kotlin Chrome Extension - JavaScript (I don't know if it can be done in anything else) Web - Vue, Angular or React and that's JavaScript Database - SQL / NoSQL? - I don't know which is more suitable, or some specific types Backend - the dilemma of what language and framework to use

I'll write everything myself, it's a project for school, but I want to move it to a higher level and release it. If it doesn't work out, at least I'll learn something. Thank you for the answers.

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Needs advice
on
DjangoDjango.NET Core.NET Core
and
Spring BootSpring Boot

Hi

I’ve been using Django for the last year on and off to do my backend API. I’m getting a bit frustrated with the Django REST framework with the setup of the serializers and Django for the lack of web sockets. I’m considering either Spring or .NET Core. I’m familiar with Kotlin and C# but I’ve not built any substantial projects with them. I like OOP, building a desktop app, web API, and also the potential to get a job in the future or building a tool at work to manage my documents, dashboard and processes point cloud data.

I’m familiar with c/cpp, TypeScript.

I would love your insights on where I should go.

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Needs advice
on
MagentoMagento
and
Reaction CommerceReaction Commerce

I am consulting for a company that wants to move its current CubeCart e-commerce site to another PHP based platform like PrestaShop or Magento. I was interested in alternatives that utilize Node.js as the primary platform. I currently don't know PHP, but I have done full stack dev with Java, Spring, Thymeleaf, etc.. I am just unsure that learning a set of technologies not commonly used makes sense. For example, in PrestaShop, I would need to work with JavaScript better and learn PHP, Twig, and Bootstrap. It seems more cumbersome than a Node JS system, where the language syntax stays the same for the full stack. I am looking for thoughts and advice on the relevance of PHP skillset into the future AND whether the Node based e-commerce open source options can compete with Magento or Prestashop.

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Needs advice
on
Node.jsNode.js
and
SpringSpring

I am provided with the opportunity to learn one of these technologies during my training. I have prior experience with Spring and found it tough and still haven't figured out when to use what annotations among the thousands of annotations provided. On the other hand, I am very proficient in Java data structures and algorithms (custom comparators, etc.)

I have used Node.js and found it interesting, but I am wondering If I am taking the risk of choosing a framework that has a comparatively lesser scope in the future. One advantage I see with the node.js is the number of tutorials available and the ease with which I can code.

Please recommend which path to take. Is Spring learnable, or should I spend my energy on learning Node.js instead?

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Md Shefat Hasnain
Needs advice
on
.NET.NET
and
SpringSpring

Hello, I need clear advice. I am a fresher, and I want a bright and demandable career. I cannot decide which one will be better for a long and bright career .NET or Spring (Java)? Please give me some career advice. I will be very grateful to you.

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Is learning Spring and Spring Boot for web apps back-end development is still relevant in 2021? Feel free to share your views with comparison to Django/Node.js/ ExpressJS or other frameworks.

Please share some good beginner resources to start learning about spring/spring boot framework to build the web apps.

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Spring Alternatives & Comparisons

What are some alternatives to Spring?
Spring Boot
Spring Boot makes it easy to create stand-alone, production-grade Spring based Applications that you can "just run". We take an opinionated view of the Spring platform and third-party libraries so you can get started with minimum fuss. Most Spring Boot applications need very little Spring configuration.
Foundation
Foundation is the most advanced responsive front-end framework in the world. You can quickly prototype and build sites or apps that work on any kind of device with Foundation, which includes layout constructs (like a fully responsive grid), elements and best practices.
Node.js
Node.js uses an event-driven, non-blocking I/O model that makes it lightweight and efficient, perfect for data-intensive real-time applications that run across distributed devices.
Django
Django is a high-level Python Web framework that encourages rapid development and clean, pragmatic design.
ASP.NET
.NET is a developer platform made up of tools, programming languages, and libraries for building many different types of applications.
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