{"id":455,"date":"2017-06-22T20:31:47","date_gmt":"2017-06-22T20:31:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redmonk.com\/fryan\/?p=455"},"modified":"2017-07-03T11:26:58","modified_gmt":"2017-07-03T11:26:58","slug":"language-framework-popularity-a-look-at-java-june-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redmonk.com\/fryan\/2017\/06\/22\/language-framework-popularity-a-look-at-java-june-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Language Framework Popularity: A Look at Java, June 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

TL; DR<\/strong>: Spring Boot is growing at an exponential rate and is set to become the most popular Java Framework soon. Spring Framework and Netty continue to grow strongly<\/p>\n

Framework: \u2018a basic structure underlying a system, concept, or text.\u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

Over the course of last year, we took a closer look at popular frameworks across several programming languages, including Java<\/a>. As we noted at the time one of the factors which drives the popularity of a language is the availability of frameworks and tools which enhance developer productivity<\/p>\n

In the latest bi-annual update to our RedMonk Programming Language Rankings my colleagues Stephen O\u2019Grady and Rachel Stephens once again found Java to be in the top three languages<\/a>. While the popularity of Java continues to be a surprise to some, it is something we here in RedMonk have\u00a0 been highlighting for a long, long time. As James Governor rightly points out \u2018Java is Dead is Dead<\/a>\u2019.<\/p>\n

For the purposes of this analysis we looked at the frameworks we hear mentioned in our conversations around Java. These frameworks are primarily focused on the server side. This is by no means a fully exhaustive list, but it does capture the most popular frameworks that we see being used with Java (some frameworks are also used with other languages, such as Play, and some frameworks are layered together, such as Netty and VertX). We have also added in RatPack for this update, and always if there is a framework you feel we should be looking please do add a comment below or let me know on twitter.<\/p>\n

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We firstly looked at the top 15 frameworks, and as before two clear tiers emerged. The tier 1 frameworks consisted of<\/p>\n