The Java ecosystem has long been dominated by Spring, a robust framework widely adopted for enterprise applications. However, Micronaut, a newer contender, is gaining traction for its lightweight, cloud-native approach.
Key strengths of Spring include its mature ecosystem, community support, declarative programming, and integration with Kubernetes and microservices.
Micronaut, on the other hand, offers benefits such as compile-time dependency injection, low memory usage, built-in cloud-native support, and native support for reactive programming.
When deciding between the frameworks, consider factors such as startup time, memory footprint, dependency injection approach, cloud-native support, community size, learning curve, and real-life use cases.