Issue
I was reading some of the tutorials and some of them are adding apache common logging jars in order to use/install spring framework instead. I have no knowledge about apache common logging.Is it necessary to install apache common logging if I want to work/learn with/from spring/springMVC.What is exactly is apache common logging? What is the most preferable way to install spring in eclipse.
Thanks
Solution
Commons Logging is the logging framework that Spring uses to log its own data:
http://blog.springsource.org/2009/12/04/logging-dependencies-in-spring/
Spring is a product like any other product, and as such, it does logging of its own. It uses Commons Logging as an API to perform logging.
You don't need to know Commons Logging inside-out in order to learn Spring; but you need to install Commons Logging for the Spring Framework to work.
You don't "install Spring in Eclipse". Eclipse is an IDE. You need to simply download Spring and make it available to your Eclipse projects, by editing your project's build path (right click the project and choose "Properties").
(Making Spring available for a JavaEE application is a bit more involved. Information about it is readily available within a simple Google search)
Answered By - Isaac