Chapter 1. Springing into action
This chapter covers
Exploring Spring’s core modules
Decoupling application objects
Managing cross-cutting concerns with AOP
It all started with a bean.
In 1996, the Java programming language was still a young, exciting, up-and-coming platform. Many developers flocked to the language because they had seen how to create rich and dynamic web applications using applets. But they soon learned that there was more to this strange new language than animated juggling cartoon characters. Unlike any language before it, Java made it possible to write complex applications made up of discrete parts. They came for the applets, but they stayed for the components.
It was in December of that year that Sun Microsystems published the JavaBeans ...
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