JEE over Spring?

[Gabriel Beres]

Hi,

Why would somebody choose JEE with app server over tomcat+Spring?
Think of it like an interview question.

Thanks

[Joe San]

To sum it up in one sentence "it is standards and specifications (JEE) against non-standards and non-specifications (Spring)". Now you can imagine for yourself what does a Java EE standard or a Java EE spec mean in terms of application development, deployment and so on.