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In this blog, I’ll outline why learning and mastering Spring Boot in 2023 is a worthwhile endeavor, even though there may be a few differing opinions. I’ll also explore how Spring Boot compares to other backend technologies and alternative Java frameworks.

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[–] eksb 22 points 1 year ago (8 children)

While you are mastering Spring, I am mastering libraries that do the thing my program needs to do.

While you are trying to debug to your Spring app, which is a huge PITA because Spring is a rat's nest of conflicting configuration paradigms and overlays and fills your call stack with dozens of layers of generated methods, I have finished my work and am ~~at the beach~~ helping my coworker debug his Spring app because he didn't listen to me when I said not to use Spring.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What do you use in its place?

[–] eksb 0 points 1 year ago

Nothing? I just use the language features and I use libraries for specific things.

I do not use an automagic configuration and dependency injection boondoggle. I read config in main(), create the objects I need, and do what I need. It is easy to see what my program does; it is easy to see where configuration comes from. It is easy to test any component, because you can clearly see what you need to provide to build the entry point objects.

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