I reaaaaly like where Spring Framework is going. With Spring Boot it feels like a "light weight" framework in a scense that with minimal code you can get so muc

I reaaaaly like where Spring Framework is going. With Spring Boot it feels like a "light weight" framework in a scense that with minimal code you can get so much functionality and you do not need to use XML configs for anything. Spring Boot provides convention over configuration + if you include some dependencies on the path it will autoconfigure sane defaults. Also it provides good functionality (actuator, dev restarts...) They are also updating their APIs to Java 8 language features. And now with Spring 5 they are supporting Java 9 and introducing Reactive features to the framework (they were there before but now there is first class supprot) Now with the first class support for Kotlin, and all of the features it provides out of the box (for example you get many cloud features implemented and autoconfigured just by including dependencies), it really feels like a modern and powerhouse of a framework.