After watching The Rebels Who Fought Enterprise Java | Spring: The Documentary (here: https://lnkd.in/esgxsPDQ ), I keep asking myself:
What is Spring today?
At the beginning, Spring was the rebellion against heavyweight Enterprise Java.
Less ceremony.
More testability.
More pragmatism.
More control for developers.
But today, Spring is also the dominant enterprise Java ecosystem.
So… is it still the rebel? Or did the rebel become the empire? 😄
“Frameworks are successful when they simplify things that are hard, not when they hide things that matter.”
— inspired by the spirit of Rod Johnson’s work
🔸 POLL OPTIONS
▪️ Yes, still unique rebel 🌱
Spring still delivers features, ideas, and developer experience improvements that feel hard to find elsewhere in the Java ecosystem.
▪️ Big blue, challengers rise 🐳
Spring has become the big established player, while challengers like Quarkus, Helidon, and Micronaut bring fresh energy.
▪️ Rebel alliance leads 🌌
Spring is no longer alone, but it still gives the tone to a large part of the Java world, like a rebel alliance that became the reference.
▪️ I simply appreciate it 🙂
No need for ideology. Spring helps you build, ship, maintain, and move forward. That is already enough.
🔸 MY TAKE
For me, Spring is no longer only a rebellion.
It became a force that changed the Java ecosystem from the inside.
Maybe the real question is not whether Spring is still a rebel.
Maybe the question is:
Can a rebel stay a rebel once it becomes the standard?
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