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Spring in Action | 
 enlarge | Authors: Craig Walls, Ryan Breidenbach
Publisher: Manning Publications
Category: Book
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Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 5451
Media: Paperback
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Pages: 650
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Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 7.3 x 1.7
ISBN: 1933988134
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.13
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ASIN: 1933988134
Publication Date: August 16, 2007
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Great book August 31, 2008
KAM
Great writing style. Clear explanations and great metaphors, sprinkled with enough humor to keep you reading what could otherwise be a stodgy subject. The first three chapters lay the groundwork very clearly. I'm not yet sure that there's enough concision to make this a reference book, but it is certainly a great tutorial. I had Spring bouncing into action in no time with this book as a guide.
 Vast subject, well covered August 8, 2008
D. Harvey-George (France)
Spring is vast even if the two basic principles, Inversion of Control (IoC) and Aspect Oriented Programming (AoP) are not. In around 700 pages Spring in Action does a good job of covering the fundamentals. I'm judging the book from a 2008 standpoint and have marked it down a star because the chapter on Spring Security is dated and you would do better referring to online tutorials.
However, although there is a lot of information online about some specifics and Spring have a good introductory tutorial nothing comes close to the coverage of Spring in Action. Definitely a must buy for anyone wanting to learn Spring.
Great book March 25, 2008
Dave Sid (UK)
Having bought a lot of books over the past couple of years this is definitely the best so far. It covers all the areas of Spring that you will probably need and does it in a very readable manner. Quite funny in places too.
Great first Spring book February 11, 2008
Highlander (Madrid)
I originally started with Java Development With The Spring Framework by Johnson, etc. However, I found that although very comprehensive, the book launched into a lot of detail very early on. It seemed to assume that the reader is already a Spring user. So, I switched to the other book on my shelf, Spring In Action. I found it to be a much better introduction. It has a relaxed style that's fun to read. Overall, highly recommended.
A springboard into Spring ! February 4, 2008
Dave Austin (London. UK)
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Craig Walls does an excellent job of covering a huge subject. Spring is a big framework; and I suspect no single book could cover it in all the detail necessary for a real-world development project. Thankfully, the framework's online documentation is much improved these days versus its early incarnations.
The emphasis in "Spring in Action" is on giving the reader a sufficiently well-grounded understanding, and familiarity, with Spring so that s/he can progress to meet the challenges of real world enterprise software engineering. The technical reference documentation is much easier to digest after reading and applying this book as preparation.
For the newcomer to Spring's core concepts ( dependency injection and aspect-oriented programming ) the initial learning curve can be a challenge. Craig is to be congratulated on showing the user not just how - but WHY - to embrace these new concepts and soon persuades the reader of the real value gained from understanding Spring's core paradigm.
While a number of other Spring texts I have encountered tend to rush through the fundamental concepts Craig Walls takes the space to explain these properly and then builds upon these foundations in later chapters.
Spring is fundamentally a very different approach to (enterprise) software development; so there's an initial phase - which I think most Spring newcomers encounter - of "un-learning" more conventional techniques. Few books are as successful as this one in helping the enterprise Java developer make that transition into the world of Spring Development.
In short, if you buy only one book on Spring make sure it's this one. And if you're tempted to buy any other Spring book - be sure to have read this one first !
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