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@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ can focus on application-level business logic, without unnecessary ties to
specific deployment environments.
The framework also serves as the foundation for [Spring Integration][], [Spring
Batch][] and the rest of the Spring [family of projects][]. Browse the
repositories under the [SpringSource organization][] on GitHub for a full list.
Batch][] and the rest of the Spring [family of projects][]. Browse the repositories
under the [Spring organization][] on GitHub for a full list.
## Downloading artifacts
## Downloading Artifacts
See [downloading Spring artifacts][] for Maven repository information. Unable to
use Maven or other transitive dependency management tools? See [building a
distribution with dependencies][].
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@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ distribution with dependencies][].
## Documentation
See the current [Javadoc][] and [reference docs][].
## Getting support
## Getting Support
Check out the [Spring forums][] and the [spring][spring tag] and
[spring-mvc][spring-mvc tag] tags on [Stack Overflow][]. [Commercial support][]
is available too.
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@@ -30,30 +30,29 @@ bug? Please consider submitting a reproduction project via the
[spring-framework-issues][] GitHub repository. The [readme][] there provides
simple step-by-step instructions.
## Building from source
## Building from Source
The Spring Framework uses a [Gradle][]-based build system. In the instructions
below, [`./gradlew`][] is invoked from the root of the source tree and serves as
a cross-platform, self-contained bootstrap mechanism for the build.
### prerequisites
### Prerequisites
[Git][] and [OpenJDK 8 early access build 100 or later][JDK8 build]
Be sure that your `JAVA_HOME` environment variable points to the `jdk1.8.0` folder