Is it worth learning Java Spring MVC as of 2016?

David

9 years ago

Java has been leading the TIOBE index (a measure of popularity of programming languages) for the last 3 years by a large margin
It’s a mature language (20+ years old) with a vast and lively ecosystem with quality open-source tools for basically anything (Apache Commons,manupilating Excel,messaging, Object-Relational Mapping, real-time streaming, distributed in-memory cache, distributed scheduling, reporting,full-text search engine, etc.). You name it, we have it
There’s a reason why it’s been used heavily by most tech giants (Google, eBay, Netflix, Apple, etc.) and most financial institutes
Currently there’s a shortage of Java developers. Companies just can’t find enough skilled Java developers

It’s the de facto standard for building enterprise applications in Java
It’s used by companies like Netflix, Groupon, Cisco, BMW, etc.
It’s way more productive than using Java Enterprise Edition
It’s one of the most mature Java web frameworks
It’s not just an MVC, but a whole platform. When you use Spring MVC, you get a dozen other Spring frameworks for “free”, including:

Spring Boot – Spring on steroids
Spring Security for authentication/authorization
Spring Data – the simplest and easiest way in Java to communicate with both SQL and NonSQL databases
Spring Cloud – to run the application in the cloud and to benefit from the open-source netflix libraries
Spring Batch for batch processing
Spring Social to easily integrate with APIs like Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, etc.
Spring XD that simplifies development of big data applications