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Pug vs Spring: What are the differences?

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  1. Syntax: Pug uses indentation-based syntax for writing HTML, making the code more concise and cleaner. In contrast, Spring uses XML configurations for defining beans and managing dependencies, which may result in more verbose code compared to Pug.

  2. Language: Pug is based on JavaScript while Spring is a Java-based framework. This difference in underlying languages can impact aspects such as the ecosystem, tooling, and the community support available for each platform.

  3. Templating vs. Framework: Pug is a templating engine used mainly for generating HTML while Spring is a comprehensive framework for building enterprise Java applications. This difference determines the scope and features provided by each platform.

  4. Client-side vs. Server-side: Pug operates on the client side, executing in the browser to render HTML, whereas Spring is typically used on the server side, handling business logic and data processing in a Java environment. This distinction affects where and how the code is executed.

  5. Dependency Injection: Spring is known for its robust dependency injection capabilities, enabling loose coupling between components to enhance modularity and testability. In contrast, Pug focuses on providing a concise and readable syntax for generating HTML, with less emphasis on dependency management.

  6. Community and Ecosystem: The Pug community primarily revolves around front-end development tools and frameworks, while Spring has a vast ecosystem dedicated to enterprise Java applications, spanning various domains such as cloud computing, microservices, and data processing.

In Summary, Pug and Spring differ in syntax, underlying language, usage scope, execution environment, dependency management, and community focus.

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I am a graduate student working as a software engineer in a company. For my personal development, I want to learn web development. I have some experience in Springboot while I was in university. So I want to continue with spring-boot, but I heard about Django. I'm reaching out to the experts here to help me choose a future proof framework. Django or Spring Boot?

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Kamrul Hasan, Don't choose dying technologies with small communities. How many startups do you think use Spring and Django? Use Google Trends to compare technologies. Study the StackOverflow developer survey and job websites to see what technologies are wanted. Few teams can afford to train you to get up to their level so be a life-long learner. Embrace the dawn of a new industry and become an expert.

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Sulaiman Sanusi
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I recommend you stick to Java Spring as you already have experience with the technology, i suggest you master this technology and then if Django seam to be very interesting to you, django is a framework you can easily pickup as python is also easy, you have to probably be able to manage the context switching between a static typed language like Java to dynamic language like python

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Gonzalo Fernández
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Hi Kamrul,

It really depends on the kind of project and whether you feel more comfortable with Java or Python. Both are excellent frameworks, with a huge community and learning material. I've been working with Spring Boot since I started coding almost and I can assure you it's the perfect combination for Java. The learning curve may be harder that Django, but once you know the basics you're good to go. I can't tell you much about Django but you must now by now that it has a great reputation with Python users. In any case I don't think you can go wrong with any of these two. My advice is, if you are already familiar with the Spring framework, give Spring Boot a try, because you're going to find out that it just makes the whole Spring experience so much easier. Let us know what you chose!

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Christoph Becker
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It depends on what you want. Spring is Java-based whereas Django is Python-based. The question rather is Java vs Python. I personally recommend Python as it's shorter and easy to learn. But Java has advantages in really big systems.

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Both are in active development and had huge community support. It really depends on you what you are comfortable with. Both are married to their respective languages. I choose Python over Java because of its simplicity and readability. To develop in java you need to write a lot of code. That's how java is. The best part I love with Django is its synchronization with Databases.

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Pros of Pug
Pros of Spring
  • 138
    Elegant html
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    Great with nodejs
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    Open source
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    Very short syntax
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    Structured with indentation
  • 25
    Free
  • 6
    Really similar to Slim (from Ruby fame)
  • 6
    It's not HAML
  • 6
    Gulp
  • 5
    Clean syntax
  • 5
    Readable code
  • 5
    Easy setup
  • 5
    Difficult For Front End Developers,learn backend
  • 4
    Disdain for angled brackets
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    Java
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    Open source
  • 136
    Great community
  • 123
    Very powerful
  • 114
    Enterprise
  • 64
    Lot of great subprojects
  • 60
    Easy setup
  • 44
    Convention , configuration, done
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    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
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    Supports vast databases
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    Large ecosystem with seamless integration
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    OracleDb integration
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    Live project

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Cons of Pug
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      Draws you into its own ecosystem and bloat
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      Verbose configuration
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      Poor documentation
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      Java
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      Java is more verbose language in compare to python

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    What is Pug?

    This project was formerly known as "Jade." Pug is a high performance template engine heavily influenced by Haml and implemented with JavaScript for Node.js and browsers.

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    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.

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