What is Spring Roo?

Question

Despite all I\'ve read, I still can\'t figure out what Spring Roo actually is, and that\'s after reading the first chapter of Spring Roo In Action, What is

Answer 1

Roo is just an automated tool for designing applications in Java, more easily and efficiently.

Roo brought all major components together, in a well-fashioned manner. Therefore, it became easier for developers to use them. The major technologies that Roo projects can instantly leverages are as follows:

• Adobe Flex
• Apache ActiveMQ
• Apache Maven
• Apache OpenJPA
• Apache Tiles
• Apache Tomcat
• AspectJ
• AspectJ Development Tools
• Cloud computing
• Dojo Toolkit
• Eclipse IDE
• EclipseLink
• Google Web Toolkit
• Google App Engine
• Hibernate
• Java 5+
• Java *
• JUnit
• SpringSource tc Server with Insight
• SpringSource Tool Suite
• Spring Integration
• Spring Framework
• Spring Security
• Spring Web Flow
• URL Rewrite Filter