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Excuse me for being such a newbie, but does this mean that Spring could run inside an ordinary JRE, along with J2SE code? &nbsp;I know Spring is J2EE, but I always thought that implied an application server. &nbsp;No?
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Excuse me for being such a newbie, but does this mean that Spring could run inside an ordinary JRE, along with J2SE code?  I know Spring is J2EE, but I always thought that implied an application server.  No?

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Thanks very much, folks. &nbsp;This helps a lot.<br />
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--BrianMc1958
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Thanks very much, folks.  This helps a lot.

--BrianMc1958

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Dear Experts,<br />
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I'm trying to understand the most basic stuff about Spring. &nbsp;First, does it require an application server, like JBoss, to run in? &nbsp;Or is it an application server itself?<br />
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Thanks!<br />
BrianMc1958 
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Dear Experts,

I'm trying to understand the most basic stuff about Spring.  First, does it require an application server, like JBoss, to run in?  Or is it an application server itself?

Thanks!
BrianMc1958 

Spring 101: Does Spring require an application server?

Java is a platform-independent, object-oriented programming language and run-time environment, designed to have as few implementation dependencies as possible such that developers can write one set of code across all platforms using libraries. Most devices will not run Java natively, and require a run-time component to be installed in order to execute a Java program.