6. Overview of the Spring Framework

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WHEN SUN MICROSYSTEMS INTRODUCED the Enterprise JavaBean (EJB) 1.0 specification a few years ago, I was excited at first and even wrote a relatively lengthy article in 1999 for JavaWorld.com (http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-04-1999/jw-04-middleware.html), essentially summarizing this specification in one article. The article was well received and I was proud of my work.

A year later I wrote a much shorter article, also for JavaWorld.com, titled “Do You Really Need Enterprise JavaBeans?” (http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-10-2000/jw-1006-soapbox.html).

My motivation for writing this article came from ...

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