TL; DR – Spring still dominates, Spring Boot is on an exponential curve, Netty and Play continue to grow strongly Framework: ‘a basic structure underlying a system, concept, or text.’ Within the software industry we have always had the privilege of standing on the shoulders of the giants that came before us when it comes to tools and methodologies. Frameworks in various forms have always existed.
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