Spring was certainly a very XML focused framework. However it has had for a long time ways of using property files in conjunction with XML, while you would sti

Spring was certainly a very XML focused framework. However it has had for a long time ways of using property files in conjunction with XML, while you would still need the XML to define your dependencies, you could have a simple property file for runtime configuration. Thankfully in newer releases and with spring-boot you can avoid XML entirely.