The article (like the last one I wrote) started out as being a blog entry (http://jroller.com/page/RickHigh/20050107#spring_plug).

It is nice when the JDJ picks it up and gives it more exposure. The last blog entry turned article I wrote was read quite a bit according to the JDJ folks.

I've written some follow up ideas at:

http://www.arc-mind.com/papers/springIsGood.html

I've used Spring on a half dozen different projects now (most if not all of them in production).

The first time I used Spring I was amazed how much it helped to simplify the code base.

Once you get rid of all of the service locators, and dynamic creation of implementations, and singletons, etc. then the code base gets a bit smaller.

Also using the Spring templates really helps to keep things simple and yet manage resources well.

I much prefer using Hibernate with Spring then without it. It really simplifies things.

Spring manages your mappings and helps maintain consistency across your data connections and helps you abstract your business logic, keeping it out of the actual pages. Best of all it also integrates with Struts.

Wasn't it Purdy who said it's imposible to resist saying the word Spring. ("Yup, it's like trying not to think of pink elephants - impossible once you get that in your head. Spring, spring, spring, spring. La tee dah, spring spring spring.")

What's in a name?