Since development first began on Spring in 2003, there's been a
constant buzz about it in Java development publications and corporate
IT departments. The reason is clear: Spring is a lightweight Java
framework in a world of complex heavyweight architectures that take
forever to implement. Spring is like a breath of fresh air to
overworked developers.

In Spring, you can make an object secure, remote, or transactional, with a couple
of lines of configuration instead of embedded code. The resulting application is
simple and clean. In Spring, you can work less and go home early, because you can
strip away a whole lot of the redundant code that you tend to see in
most J2EE applications. You won't be nearly as burdened with
meaningless detail. In Spring, you can change your mind without the
consequences bleeding through your entire application. You'll adapt
much more quickly than you ever could before.  Spring: A
Developer's Notebook offers a quick dive into the new Spring framework,
designed to let you get hands-on as quickly as you like. If you don't
want to bother with a lot of theory, this book is definitely for you.
You'll work through one example after another. Along the way, you'll
discover the energy and promise of the Spring framework. This practical
guide features ten code-intensive labs that'll rapidly get you up to
speed.

You'll learn how to do the following, and more:

• install the Spring Framework
• set up the development environment
• use Spring with other open source Java tools such as Tomcat, Struts, and Hibernate
• master AOP and transactions
• utilize ORM solutions

 
As with all titles in the Developer's Notebook series, this no-nonsense
book skips all the boring prose and cuts right to the chase. It's an
approach that forces you to get your hands dirty by working through one
instructional example after another-examples that speak to you instead
of at you.