SpringSource Tool Suite - Overview

SpringSource Tool Suite — The Best Development Tool for Enterprise Java

SpringSource Tool Suite™ (STS) provides the best Eclipse-powered development environment for building Spring-powered enterprise applications. 

STS supplies tools for all of the latest enterprise 

• Java,
• Spring, 
• Groovy,
• Grails 

based technologies,
as well as the most advanced tooling available for enterprise OSGi development. 

Included with STS is the developer edition of vFabric tc Server, the drop-in replacement for Apache Tomcat that’s optimized for Spring. 

With its Spring Insight console, tc Server Developer Edition provides a graphical real-time view of application performance metrics that lets developers identify and diagnose problems from their desktops. 

STS supports application targeting to local, virtual and cloud-based servers. 

It is freely available for development and internal business operations use with no time limits.

Spring Application Tools

• Spring project, bean and XML file wizards
• Graphical Spring configuration editor
• Spring 3.0 support including @Configuration and @Bean styles
• Spring Web Flow and Spring Batch visual development tools
• Spring Roo project wizard and development shell
• Spring Application blue prints and best practice validation

Flexible Deployment Targets

• Support for all the most common Java EE application servers
• Advanced support for SpringSource tc Server
• Cloud Foundry targeting for dm Server and tc Server
• VMware Lab Manager and Workstation integration and deployment

Enterprise OSGi Development

• OSGi bundle overview and visual dependency graph
• Classpath management based on OSGi meta data
• Automatic generation of manifest dependency meta data
• SpringSource Enterprise Bundle Repository browser
• Manifest file validation and best practice recommendations