While Java may be easy to use and easier to learn than other languages, the level of complexity to build, debug, and deploy Java apps has escalated to dizzying new heights. This is due to the exponential number of variables modern developers are faced with when developing web apps or mobile apps for common modern technologies such as music streaming or mobile cash payment apps. A developer writing a basic line-of-business app now needs to deal with multiple libraries, plugins, error logging and handling libraries, integrations with web services, and multiple languages such as C#, Java, HTML, and others.

Sometimes, because the language and/or platform is Java, it gets referred to as “Java Spring Boot,” the “Java Spring framework,” or the “Spring Boot framework.” However, because there are other third-party frameworks for Java, such as Play and Hibernate, it’s more accurate to say “Spring” and “Spring Boot.”