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## Spring Framework
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The Spring Framework provides a comprehensive programming and configuration model for modern
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Java-based enterprise applications - on any kind of deployment platform. A key element of Spring is
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infrastructural support at the application level: Spring focuses on the "plumbing" of enterprise
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applications so that teams can focus on application-level business logic, without unnecessary ties
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to specific deployment environments.
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The framework also serves as the foundation for
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[Spring Integration](https://github.com/SpringSource/spring-integration),
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[Spring Batch](https://github.com/SpringSource/spring-batch) and the rest of the Spring
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[family of projects](http://springsource.org/projects). Browse the repositories under the
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[SpringSource organization](https://github.com/SpringSource) on GitHub for a full list.
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[.NET](https://github.com/SpringSource/spring-net) and
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[Python](https://github.com/SpringSource/spring-python) variants are available as well.
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## Downloading artifacts
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Instructions on
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[downloading Spring artifacts](https://github.com/SpringSource/spring-framework/wiki/Downloading-Spring-artifacts)
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via Maven and other build systems are available via the project wiki.
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## Documentation
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See the current [Javadoc](http://static.springsource.org/spring-framework/docs/current/api)
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and [Reference docs](http://static.springsource.org/spring-framework/docs/current/reference).
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## Getting support
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Check out the [Spring forums](http://forum.springsource.org) and the
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[Spring tag](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/spring) on StackOverflow.
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[Commercial support](http://springsource.com/support/springsupport) is available too.
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## Issue Tracking
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Spring's JIRA issue tracker can be found [here](http://jira.springsource.org/browse/SPR). Think
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you've found a bug? Please consider submitting a reproduction project via the
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[spring-framework-issues](https://github.com/SpringSource/spring-framework-issues) repository. The
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[readme](https://github.com/SpringSource/spring-framework-issues#readme) provides simple
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step-by-step instructions. <a name="building_from_source"/>
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## Building from source
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The Spring Framework uses a [Gradle](http://gradle.org)-based build system. In the instructions
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below, [`./gradlew`](http://vimeo.com/34436402) is invoked from the root of the source tree and
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serves as a cross-platform, self-contained bootstrap mechanism for the build. The only
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prerequisites are [git](http://help.github.com/set-up-git-redirect) and JDK 1.6+.
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### check out sources
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`git clone git://github.com/SpringSource/spring-framework.git`
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### compile and test, build all jars, distribution zips and docs
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`./gradlew build`
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### install all spring-\* jars into your local Maven cache
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`./gradlew install`
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### import sources into your IDE
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Run `./import-into-eclipse.sh` or read `import-into-idea.md` as appropriate.
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... and discover more commands with `./gradlew tasks`. See also the
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[Gradle build and release FAQ](https://github.com/SpringSource/spring-framework/wiki/Gradle-build-and-release-FAQ).
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## Contributing
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[Pull requests](http://help.github.com/send-pull-requests) are welcome; see the
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[contributor guidelines](https://github.com/SpringSource/spring-framework/wiki/Contributor-guidelines).
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## Staying in touch
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Follow [@springframework](http://twitter.com/springframework) and its
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[team members](http://twitter.com/springframework/team/members) on Twitter. In-depth articles can be
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found at the SpringSource [team blog](http://blog.springsource.org), and releases are announced via
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our [news feed](http://www.springsource.org/news-events).
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## License
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The Spring Framework is released under version 2.0 of the
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[Apache License](http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0).
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