Pro Spring 2.5

The Spring Framework 2.5 release reflects the state of the art in both the Spring Framework and enterprise Java frameworks as a whole. A guidebook to this critical tool is necessary reading for any conscientious Java developer. Rob Harrop, author of Pro Spring The move from socalled heavyweight architectures, such as Enterprise JavaBeans, toward lightweight frameworks, like Spring, has not stopped since Pro Spring was published by Rob Harrop and Jan Machacek in 2005; in fact, its picked up pace. The Spring Framework remains the leader in this move and provides a platform on which you can build your own applications and services. Pro Spring 2.5 covers the new features of Spring 2.5, but moreover, it is focused on the best practices and core standards of contemporary Spring development. As members of the Spring development team at Cake Solutions, the author team brings extensive practical experience gained from working with Spring since version 1.0 and delivering successful systems on top of it. Learn the approaches that really matter in a professional, enterpriselevel environment, so you can apply them to your projects today, safe in the knowledge that they just work. What Youll Learn Discover how to use Springs Inversion of Control (IoC). Explore Springs excellent aspectoriented programming (AOP) support, including Spring 2.5s new @AspectJ feature. Find out how to use Springs dynamic scripting language features, Spring design patterns, and performance tuning in Spring applications. Learn what really works in realworld Spring development. Understand Springs support for the JDBC framework, Hibernate, the Quartz enterprise scheduler, declarative transaction management, and much more. Master Springs welldesigned MVC framework and add AJAX to your Spring web applications to create flexible, efficient, and manageable applications using the best techniques available. Who is this book for? Enterprise Java, J2EE/Java EE developers looking to learn and use the Spring metaframework, the now growing, leading alternative to J2EE/Java EE About the Apress Pro Series The Apress Pro series books are practical, professional tutorials to keep you on and moving up the professional ladder. You have gotten the job, now you need to hone your skills in these tough competitive times. The Apress Pro series expands your skills and expertise in exactly the areas you need. Master the content of a Pro book, and you will always be able to get the job done in a professional development project. Written by experts in their field, Pro series books from Apress give you the hard-won solutions to problems you will face in your professional programming career.