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Yesterday I was excited about SpringSource helping out with building an improved version of BlazeDS which works even better with the Spring Framework. Today I read on InfoQ that SpringSource is indeed doing even more exciting stuff, they’re helping take Christophe Herreman’s Prana Framework to the next level. Spring ActionScript is the new name and this is really great news and everyone should get excited, right now!
Most of the current Flex/ActionScript frameworks tend to have the same problem, that they don’t focus upon developer productivity. They guys and girls at SpringSource have a great track record when it comes to creating developer friendly frameworks, so this is great news for those of us who’s batteled with Cairngorm and other MVC frameworks for some time.
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