- cross-posted to:
- java@programming.dev
- cross-posted to:
- java@programming.dev
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.
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 beachhelping my coworker debug his Spring app because he didn’t listen to me when I said not to use Spring.Unfortunately, Spring is still the de facto standard in many companies and deviating from it takes effort and is sometimes completely futile.
What do you use in its place?
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.