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Spring is the most popular application development framework for enterprise Java™. Millions of developers use Spring to create high performing, easily testable, reusable code without any vendor lock-in. Spring helps Java, Groovy and Kotlin software development teams everywhere build simple, portable, fast and flexible JVM-based systems and applications.

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2 months

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14 months

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Upendra J.

Sr Software Engineer

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

8/21/2023

"Best Monitoring Tool"

2.5/5

What do you like best about spring.io?

helps track the performance of applications and services in cloud environments. The best aspects of Cloud Sleuth often include its ability to provide insights into application performance, identify bottlenecks, and optimize cloud resources for better user experiences. It can help businesses ensure their applications run smoothly and efficiently in cloud Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about spring.io?

Nothing as of now

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What problems is spring.io solving and how is that benefiting you?

Cloud Sleuth addresses the challenge of monitoring and optimizing the performance of applications and services in cloud environments. It helps identify performance bottlenecks, latency issues, and other performance-related problems that might impact user experiences. By providing insights into how various components of an application are functioning in a cloud setting, Cloud Sleuth enables businesses to proactively address performance issues, allocate resources efficiently, and ultimately deliver better and more reliable services to their users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Azmeera Goutham N.

Graduate Engineering Trainee

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/4/2024

"Spring For Life"

4.5/5

What do you like best about spring.io?

It provides various in-built dependencies where writing code and building web applications is made easy, and it integrates quickly with all databases, making it a great choice. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about spring.io?

Documentation could have been better since for beginners it would be difficult. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Prakash G.

Technology Architect

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

9/12/2023

"Springboot Developer Review"

5/5

What do you like best about spring.io?

Ease with which we can create Microservices using Springboot. Leverage the spring knowledge and use most of the ootb features provided by parent projects with less coding. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about spring.io?

The deployment artifact is very huge in size which is making it difficult to share the jar/war. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

9/12/2023

"Best web framework"

5/5

What do you like best about spring.io?

1) Ease of creating standalone web applications without the use of binding to any external server like Tomcat as it embeds Tomcat and Jetty. It supports XML configurations and annotations which are easier for the developers to work on. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about spring.io?

The conversion of Spring Framework Project to Spring Boot is very time consuming and also the modifications in Spring Boot project are pretty complex unless you are not aware of the Spring Framework. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

11/2/2023

"A Very Good Java Framework"

4.5/5

What do you like best about spring.io?

I mostly like the REST API development using Spring Framework. We can quickly develop a project using Maven dependencies. Connecting and configuring a database in Spring Framework is quite straightforward. It has a lot of features like Logging, Authentication etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about spring.io?

If anyone wants to start a project quickly then use Spring Boot instead of Spring Framework. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is spring.io solving and how is that benefiting you?

I have developed many web projects using Spring Framework. I am mostly using it to develop a backend with REST APIs. It supports inbuilt role-based authorization and authentication is also easy. Deploying and maintaining Spring projects are very easy. It is quite popular so it has a very big community and documentation to fix any issue easily. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Swapnil k.

Analyst

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

9/8/2023

"Spring Boot review"

5/5

What do you like best about spring.io?

Spring Boot is a framework for Java developers offering an efficient way to build microservices and web applications. It offers rapid development, embedded web servers, auto-configuration, monitoring and metrics, is DevOps friendly, and helpful in analyzing if an application is production-ready. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about spring.io?

Spring Boot's feature-rich nature might be overkill for very simple projects. Compatibility and versioning can also be challenging. Startup time is longer due to a large number of dependencies and complex configuration. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Mohit S.

Software Developer

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

9/4/2023

"Best Java framework that provides very easy spring configuration and inbuilt tomcat."

4.5/5

What do you like best about spring.io?

Spring boot provides easy configuration of third party libraries, it also has inbuilt tomcat. There is also no need to configure XML file. Spring boot is very fast and easy to develop web applications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about spring.io?

Spring boot error debugging is little difficult, due to what error has occurred is hard to find, one should have expertise in spring boot to solve the issue. Spring boot documentation is best to find solutions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Program Development

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

11/22/2023

"Rapid development"

4.5/5

What do you like best about spring.io?

Spring provides you with many default configuration that allows you to be focused on the business logic and reduce the boilerplate code. Reduce the need for manual setup, auto-configuration features. There is a lot of documentation and support (large ecosystem). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about spring.io?

The auto configuration feature is awesome but sometimes when their application is huge and there are a lot of configurations it can be overwhelming. Sometime is difficult to troubleshot because all the magic behind the aut-configuration Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Amit K.

Java Developer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5/24/2023

"Spring Boot: A Powerful Tool for Production-Ready Applications"

4.5/5

What do you like best about spring.io?

I like the following things best about Spring Boot:

Ease of use: Spring Boot makes it easy to get started with Spring development. The auto-configuration features mean that you don't have to write any configuration code yourself, and the starter dependencies make it easy to add common features to your application.

Speed: Spring Boot applications are typically very fast. This is because Spring Boot uses embedded web containers, which are much faster than traditional web servers.

Production-ready: Spring Boot applications are designed to be production-ready. They come with a number of features that make them suitable for use in production, such as health checks and metrics.

In addition to these features, I also appreciate the large community of users and contributors that Spring Boot has. This means that there are a lot of resources available to help you learn about Spring Boot and get started with it.

Overall, I think Spring Boot is a great framework for developing Spring-based applications. It is easy to use, fast, and production-ready. I would definitely recommend it to anyone who is looking to develop a Spring-based application. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about spring.io?

Here are some of the things I dislike about Spring Boot:

Can be complex: Spring Boot is a complex framework. There are a lot of features to learn, and it can be difficult to understand how everything works together.

Not as flexible as Spring: Spring Boot is a opinionated framework. This means that it makes some decisions for you, and it can be difficult to customize it.

Can be opinionated: Spring Boot makes some decisions for you, which can be both good and bad. On the one hand, it can make development faster and easier. On the other hand, it can be limiting if you want to do things in a different way.

Can be difficult to debug: Spring Boot can be difficult to debug, especially if you are not familiar with the framework. This is because Spring Boot makes a lot of assumptions about your application, and it can be difficult to figure out what is going wrong when things don't work as expected.

Overall, I think Spring Boot is a great framework for developing Spring-based applications. However, it is important to be aware of the limitations of the framework before you start using it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is spring.io solving and how is that benefiting you?

Spring Boot solves a number of problems that developers face when developing Spring-based applications. These problems include:

Complexity: Spring is a complex framework. There are a lot of features to learn, and it can be difficult to understand how everything works together. Spring Boot simplifies the development process by providing default configurations and auto-configuration features.

Time to market: Spring Boot can help developers get their applications to market faster. This is because Spring Boot provides a number of features that make it easy to get started with Spring development, such as auto-configuration and starter dependencies.

Production readiness: Spring Boot applications are designed to be production-ready. They come with a number of features that make them suitable for use in production, such as health checks and metrics.

Spring Boot has benefited me in a number of ways. It has helped me to:

Develop Spring-based applications faster: Spring Boot has helped me to develop Spring-based applications faster by providing default configurations and auto-configuration features. This has saved me a lot of time and effort.

Get my applications to market faster: Spring Boot has helped me to get my applications to market faster by providing a number of features that make it easy to get started with Spring development. This has helped me to compete with other developers who are using other frameworks.

Develop production-ready applications: Spring Boot has helped me to develop production-ready applications by providing a number of features that make them suitable for use in production. This has given me peace of mind knowing that my applications are ready for use in production.

Overall, I have been very happy with Spring Boot. It has helped me to develop Spring-based applications faster, get my applications to market faster, and develop production-ready applications. I would definitely recommend it to anyone who is looking to develop a Spring-based application. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.