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Pro Spring
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Manufacturer: Apress
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.133
EAN: 9781590594612
ISBN: 1590594614
Label: Apress
Manufacturer: Apress
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 832
Publication Date: 2005-01-31
Publisher: Apress
Studio: Apress
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Editorial Reviews:
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Spring—the open source Java-based framework—allows you to build lighter, better performing applications. Written by Spring insiders Rob Harrop and Jan Machacek, Pro Spring is the only book endorsed by Rod Johnson, founder of the Spring Framework. At over 800 pages, this is by far the most comprehensive book available and thoroughly explores the power of Spring. You'll learn Spring basics and core topics, as well as share the authors' insights and real-world experience with remoting, mail integration, hibernate, and EJB. From the Foreword: "Rob’s enthusiasm for Spring—and technology in general—is infectious. He has a wide range of industry experience and a refreshingly practical, common sense approach to applying it. All those qualities come out in this book. It’s evident on nearly every page that it reflects in-depth experience with Spring and J2EE as a whole. Rob is not only an author and open source developer—he is an application developer, like his readers. I firmly believe that the best writing on software development comes out of experience in the trenches, so this is my kind of book. If you’re new to Spring, this book will help you understand its core concepts and the background in areas such as transaction management and O/R mapping that underpins them. If you’re already using Spring, you will learn about features you haven’t yet seen and hopefully, gain a deeper understanding of those features you’re already using." —Rod Johnson, Founder of the Spring Framework.
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Summary: Mediocre and wordy
Comment: Takes forever to get nowhere: Authors use about 800 pages in order to explain Spring (trivially a framework, i.e. a conceptually trivial subject, not comparable in complexity with e.g. compiler theory).
Wordy, uncreative and just as boring as watching paint drying.
Lacks illustrations of concepts.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Good for an introduction
Comment: Lots of good information on the Spring framework, at least for 2005. While I can find a lot of it online already, especially in the excellent documentation provided with the framework itself, I can live with that. What does irritate me is that the book needs more why than how; and more intersection with the real world, more tales from the trenches where things don't always work, and where we cannot simply trim requirements to fit a technology demonstration.
I've been programming long enough to know the difference between a cowboy programmer who gets the job done, but has the good sense to leave before anyone has to deal with the mess he's created; and the professional whose work brings both joy and awe to maintain. I think a book with "Pro" in the title should inspire and encourage that professionalism, not just teach enough of the concepts, syntax and idioms to get by.
Don't get me wrong. If you want to learn Spring, I heartily recommend this book. Just don't be surprised to not find that secret sauce that makes one a professional.
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Summary: Perfect Spring Book
Comment: 1. Excellent Organization
2. Easy to Read - explanations are concise and easy to follow, even for Spring beginner like me.
3. Excellent Samples - the evolution of sample code is very clean, concise and easy to read. Even if the listing is 1 or 2 page long, you just need to take a glimpse to understand what's going on. Good presentation!
4. Detailed Coverage - can function as a reference book.
The authors should write more books!
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Summary: Excellent resource
Comment: At my old position, I constantly referenced this book, but fortunately the company owned the book. When I left that job, I purchased my own copy. It's well written and provides enough examples to get you started. This book is a MUST HAVE for my library.
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Summary: Slow Getting Started
Comment: I'm finding it hard to get into "Pro Spring". In all fairness, I've only read three chapters. However, after those three chapters, it is still unclear just what "Spring" is and what value it adds -- except in vague generalities. I'm no neophyte software developer, having been involved in a wide variety of state-of-the-art software development professionally for 40 years. I've heard enough good things about Spring that I want to learn more, but so far, this doesn't seem to be the way to go.
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