The STEP Framework is an open-source, multi-layer, Java enterprise application framework, with support for Web Applications (Servlet/JSP) and Web Services.

The main design goals of STEP are simplicity and extensibility, and it's been designed for teaching/learning purposes.

The STEP framework source code is intended to be small and simple enough to allow any developer to read it and understand it thoroughly, seeing how the multiple layers are implemented in practice. In short, we aim to keep it small, keep it simple!

To check out or download the project, go to: https://sourceforge.net/projects/stepframework/

Documents:

• Short introduction
• Cookbook for single applications (in Portuguese)
• Cookbook for multiple applications (with Web Services) (in Portuguese)
• Paper about Web Services, the Framework and Extensions - "Customizing Web Services with Extensions in the STEP framework" - International Journal of Web Services Practices - BibTeX for citations

Acknowledgments:

The STEP Framework was developed for the joint project of the Software Engineering and Distributed Systems courses.

The STEP Framework is hosted by SourceForge for free.

EJ Technologies donated a license in support of this open-source project.

EJ Technologies donated a license in support of this open-source project.