About:
Spring is a lightweight Java/J2EE application framework based on code published in "Expert One-on-One J2EE Design and Development" by Rod Johnson. It includes powerful JavaBeans-based configuration management applying Inversion-of-Control principles, a generic abstraction layer for transaction management allowing for pluggable transaction managers, a JDBC abstraction layer, integration with Hibernate, JDO, Apache OJB, and iBATIS SQL Maps, AOP functionality, and a flexible MVC Web application framework with multiple view technologies. There is also a .NET port available.

Author:
Rod Johnson <johnsonr [at] users [dot] sourceforge [dot] net> [contact developer]

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8.76/10.00 (8 votes)

Homepage:
http://www.springframework.org
Zip:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=73357
Changelog:
http://static.springframework.org/spring/docs/1.2.1/changelog.txt
Bug tracker:
http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/spring/secure/Dashboard.jspa
Mailing list archive:
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=30287

Trove categories: [change]

[Development Status]		5 - Production/Stable
[Intended Audience]		Developers
[License]		The Apache License 2.0
[Operating System]		OS Independent
[Programming Language]		C#, Java
[Topic]		Database :: API, Internet :: WWW/HTTP :: Dynamic Content, Software Development, Software Development :: Libraries, Software Development :: Libraries :: Application Frameworks, Software Development :: Libraries :: Java Libraries
[Translations]		Chinese, English, Japanese

Dependencies: [change]
No dependencies filed

 Branches

Branch	Version	Last release	License	URLs
Default	1.2.1	02-Jul-2005	The Apache License 2.0
.net A .net port of the Spring Framework.	0.6	22-Apr-2005	The Apache License 2.0
Modules A set of Spring modules for integration with other frameworks.	0.1	20-Apr-2005	The Apache License 2.0
RCP A Rich Client platform to build professional Swing applications quickly.			The Apache License 2.0
Webflow A core module for applications with page flow requirements.	Preview 2	11-Apr-2005	The Apache License 2.0

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 Comments

[»] Outstanding, esp. if you use Hibernate
by Scott McCrory - Sep 13th 2004 12:10:50

Spring has a stiff learning curve for many developers, but it's worth it, especially if you use Hibernate and need to better manage transactions. Add on top of that all the other services Spring makes available (like remoting, AOP, JMS, mail, security (Acegi), singleton control, MVC and much more) and you have a stellar platform for enterprise-level applications.

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