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Spring is perhaps the best of the component-based frameworks that emerged at the turn of the 21st century. It vastly improves the way that developers write and deliver infrastructure code in ...

Open-source and Java components used in applications remain a weak spot for the enterprise, according to a new analysis. Java applications in particular are posing a challenge, with 97 percent of ...

Service component architecture (SCA) is a good thing, right? Isn't it supposed to elevate SOA-ish things above Java and all that other those other bothersome languages with their own protocols, ...

What is the single responsibility principle? The single responsibility principle in Java demands that a class serves a single, clear purpose. Any attempt to add peripheral functionality to a ...

Another family of Java components will soon be available from the open source Maven Central Repository. Sonatype, the chief commercial supporter of Maven and administrator of the repository, has added ...

The iconic Java framework has evolved and modernized, integrating a host of new features without sacrificing power or ...

Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech and cutting-edge technologies. He joined CNET in 2002 to cover enterprise IT and Web development and was previously executive editor of IT ...