Creating and deploying Spring applications using the Tomcat 7 cartridge

Spring Framework is a very popular alternative to Java EE web development. Java developers around the world use Spring Framework to build their enterprise applications. Spring Framework is often thought of as a lightweight alternative to Java EE, and Java developers normally use a lightweight web container, such as Apache Tomcat, for deployment. At the time of this writing, OpenShift supports two versions of Apache Tomcat: Apache Tomcat 6 and Apache Tomcat 7. They are shown using the following command:

$ rhc cartridges|grep Tomcat
jbossews-1.0        Tomcat 6 (JBoss EWS 1.0)                web
jbossews-2.0        Tomcat 7 (JBoss EWS 2.0)                web

In this recipe, you will learn how to develop a simple Spring ...

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