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by tragic 3450 days ago
Was it too hip, niche, etc to use Spring for a Java project in 2007? Because that's how old Ember is now.

I don't really get why you're talking as if thick client web apps are some sort of unexplored continent that prudent enterprises should stay away from. Like it or lump it, they've been around for a while and there are now enough of them that they will be around for a long while yet. And if you're going to build one of those, you should use a framework.