It really doesn't take that long to read the Spring docs. I know a few days for some devs is an eternity though. The magic can be frustrating though and burn yo

It really doesn't take that long to read the Spring docs. I know a few days for some devs is an eternity though. The magic can be frustrating though and burn you. When you have millions of lines of code in a project though, AOP and Spring can make your life bearable. I'd much rather spend the time to learn some magic than have to deal with that much boilerplate. Spring is most likely overkill for a small/medium sized project.