New to springs

[rajaraman navaneethan]

hi friends,
i am totally new to spring framework.please tell me the book which is good for a beginner.somethg like HeadFirst Series for JSPs and EJBs...simple for a beginner...plz reply quickly..its abit urgent...

thanx,
raja

[Junilu Lacar]

Haven't read it myself but if it's anything like the Hibernate and Maven versions of the series, Bruce Tate's "Spring: A Developer's Notebook" might be one book to consider. Personally, I think "Pro Spring" is a good investment. It may not be a "Dummies" type book but any experienced Java developer should find it a great resource for getting up and running with Spring.

[Sonny Gill]

Originally posted by Junilu Lacar:
Haven't read it myself but if it's anything like the Hibernate and Maven versions of the series, Bruce Tate's "Spring: A Developer's Notebook" might be one book to consider. Personally, I think "Pro Spring" is a good investment. It may not be a "Dummies" type book but any experienced Java developer should find it a great resource for getting up and running with Spring.

Oh..I remember reading a few not too good comments about A Developer's Notebook. Check out the reviews and search on the net for it.
I would definately recommend Pro Spring. A very hands-on approach to learning about Spring.

[Michael Duffy]

Originally posted by rajaraman navaneethan:
hi friends,
i am totally new to spring framework.please tell me the book which is good for a beginner.somethg like HeadFirst Series for JSPs and EJBs...simple for a beginner...plz reply quickly..its abit urgent...

thanx,
raja

I would not recommend "Developer's Notebook".

"Pro Spring" is excellent. I think "Spring In Action" is a very good book, too. It's not as heavy a text as "Pro Spring", and it has a chapter on the ACEGI security framework.

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[Michael Duffy]

Originally posted by Sonny Gill:


Oh..I remember reading a few not too good comments about A Developer's Notebook. Check out the reviews and search on the net for it.
I would definately recommend Pro Spring. A very hands-on approach to learning about Spring.

I would also suggest starting with the "Spring MVC Step by Step" tutorial that comes with the download. It's a good intro to Spring - a simple 3 tier solution.

[Shrinivas Mujumdar]

Hi,
Spring in Action is simply Amazing!!!
Hat's off!!!
Shrinivas

[Thibault Dangr�aux]

Pro Spring is good.
Spring in Action is good too, but I find it harder to use as a learning book - but it covers more stuff and has more details.

But am I the only one to find that the official Spring documentation is actually pretty good? It's almost as good as the hibernate one, which is one of the very best documentations for an Open Source project...

[Michael Duffy]

Originally posted by Thibault Dangr�aux:
Pro Spring is good.
Spring in Action is good too, but I find it harder to use as a learning book - but it covers more stuff and has more details.

But am I the only one to find that the official Spring documentation is actually pretty good? It's almost as good as the hibernate one, which is one of the very best documentations for an Open Source project...

I agree - Spring's docs ARE very good.