## Spring Framework The Spring Framework provides a comprehensive programming and configuration model for modern Java-based enterprise applications - on any kind of deployment platform. A key element of Spring is infrastructural support at the application level: Spring focuses on the "plumbing" of enterprise applications so that teams can focus on application-level business logic, without unnecessary ties to specific deployment environments. The framework also serves as the foundation for [Spring Integration][], [Spring Batch][] and the rest of the Spring [family of projects][]. Browse the repositories under the [SpringSource organization][] on GitHub for a full list. [.NET][] and [Python][] variants are available as well. ## Downloading artifacts See [downloading Spring artifacts][] for Maven repository information. Unable to use Maven or other transitive dependency management tools? See [building a distribution with dependencies][]. ## Documentation See the current [Javadoc][] and [reference docs][]. ## Getting support Check out the [Spring forums][] and the [spring][spring tag] and [spring-mvc][spring-mvc tag] tags on [Stack Overflow][]. [Commercial support][] is available too. ## Issue Tracking Report issues via the [Spring Framework JIRA]. Understand our issue management process by reading about [the lifecycle of an issue][]. Think you've found a bug? Please consider submitting a reproduction project via the [spring-framework-issues][] GitHub repository. The [readme][] there provides simple step-by-step instructions. ## Building from source The Spring Framework uses a [Gradle][]-based build system. In the instructions below, [`./gradlew`][] is invoked from the root of the source tree and serves as a cross-platform, self-contained bootstrap mechanism for the build. The only prerequisites are [Git][] and JDK 1.7+. ### check out sources `git clone git://github.com/SpringSource/spring-framework.git` ### compile and test, build all jars, distribution zips and docs `./gradlew build` ### install all spring-\* jars into your local Maven cache `./gradlew install` ### import sources into your IDE Run `./import-into-eclipse.sh` or read `import-into-idea.md` as appropriate. ... and discover more commands with `./gradlew tasks`. See also the [Gradle build and release FAQ][]. ## Contributing [Pull requests][] are welcome; see the [contributor guidelines][] for details. ## Staying in touch Follow [@springframework][] and its [team members][] on Twitter. In-depth articles can be found at the SpringSource [team blog][], and releases are announced via our [news feed][]. ## License The Spring Framework is released under version 2.0 of the [Apache License][]. [Spring Integration]: https://github.com/SpringSource/spring-integration [Spring Batch]: https://github.com/SpringSource/spring-batch [family of projects]: https://springsource.org/projects [SpringSource organization]: https://github.com/SpringSource [.NET]: https://github.com/SpringSource/spring-net [Python]: https://github.com/SpringSource/spring-python [downloading Spring artifacts]: https://github.com/SpringSource/spring-framework/wiki/Downloading-Spring-artifacts [building a distribution with dependencies]: https://github.com/SpringSource/spring-framework/wiki/Building-a-distribution-with-dependencies [Javadoc]: https://docs.spring.io/spring-framework/docs/current/javadoc-api [reference docs]: https://docs.spring.io/spring-framework/docs/current/spring-framework-reference [Spring forums]: https://forum.spring.io/ [spring tag]: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/spring [spring-mvc tag]: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/spring-mvc [Stack Overflow]: https://stackoverflow.com/faq [Commercial support]: https://springsource.com/support/springsupport [Spring Framework JIRA]: https://jira.springsource.org/browse/SPR [the lifecycle of an issue]: https://github.com/cbeams/spring-framework/wiki/The-Lifecycle-of-an-Issue [spring-framework-issues]: https://github.com/SpringSource/spring-framework-issues#readme [readme]: https://github.com/SpringSource/spring-framework-issues#readme [Gradle]: https://gradle.org [`./gradlew`]: https://vimeo.com/34436402 [Git]: https://help.github.com/set-up-git-redirect [Gradle build and release FAQ]: https://github.com/SpringSource/spring-framework/wiki/Gradle-build-and-release-FAQ [Pull requests]: https://help.github.com/send-pull-requests [contributor guidelines]: https://github.com/SpringSource/spring-framework/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md [@springframework]: https://twitter.com/springframework [team members]: https://twitter.com/springframework/team/members [team blog]: https://blog.springsource.org [news feed]: https://www.springsource.org/news-events [Apache License]: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0