Software applications are judged by many facets, for example, easy maintainability, easily altering of software behavior via configuration, speedy incorporation of a new feature without affecting existing features, how performant the application is, etc.
If there is a question on building such software, you would get a different answer based on whom you approach. Spring evangelists would say "Spring is the framework for all you need, Dump the Java EE Standards since Java EE Lost the Competition and Spring Won" while Java EE adherents would respond by saying "It's not Spring anymore, it is the summer of Java EE 7 since the age of frameworks is over hence move from spring to Java EE.