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by geodel 1613 days ago
Well you are missing one of the great feature of Spring framework: Converting compile time errors in to runtime exceptions.

Jokes apart you are absolutely right about non-spring based services. I did same using plain Java + embedded tomcat for some services. No cargo-cult like endless decorative packages and classes. Exactly same result as you observed. Less code, fast to start and vastly improved error management.
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specialist 1613 days ago
> Converting compile time errors in to runtime exceptions.

Heh. Stealing this. Short, sharp, undeniable.

I usually say something snarky like "Spring is an exception obfuscation framework" or "...flow of control obfuscation framework".

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geodel 1612 days ago
> Heh. Stealing this...

Yeah, please popularize it. In my case I am unable to make management see reason. If more devs become vocal about it make it a trend, it will be a good thing to happen.

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