If you are a backend developer coming from traditional Java frameworks like Spring Boot, or MVC environments like.NET and Node.js, stepping into Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) for the first time can feel like entering a parallel universe.
Suddenly, you aren't writing SQL queries, you don't have a relational database schema, and request routing isn't handled by standard annotated controllers. Instead, you are dealing with a modular, content-centric system that favors convention over configuration.
This article is the first in a deep-dive series designed to peel back the layers of AEM's architecture. Let's break down how the platform actually works under the hood.
The Paradigm Shift: Spring Boot vs. AEM
To see how different AEM is, let's look at how you would build a standard Product Details API in a classic framework versus how you do it in AEM:
