The Spring Framework is an open source application framework and it is used for Java platform. The core features of this framework can be used by any Java application, but there are some extensions for developing web applications on top of the Java EE platform.

Even though the framework does not enforce any peculiar programming model, it has become famous in the Java community as an alternative to, substitute for, or even addition to the Enterprise JavaBean (EJB) model.

Spring Framework uses Java platform that provides extensive foundation support for developing Java applications. Spring takes care of the infrastructure so you can target on your application.

Spring enables you to build applications from “plain old Java objects” (POJOs) and to apply enterprise services non-invasively to POJOs. These competences apply to the Java SE programming model and to full and partial Java EE.

Spring framework was initially introduced by Rod Johnson and was first released under the Apache 2.0 license. When it comes to size and transparency, spring is lightweight.

The earlier version of spring framework is very less around 2000KB. Spring is one of the most popular application development framework used for enterprise Java. Tons of developers around the globe use Spring Framework to create high performing, easily testable, reusable code.

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