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Spring has made a remarkable rise since its conception in 2002. Users find Spring the ideal framework to build their applications in J2EE environments. Beginning Spring 2 is the first Spring–authorized book that takes you through the first steps of using Spring, and requires no prior J2EE experience. It discusses relevant integrated technologies that you should be aware of, and illustrates how Spring makes using them easier.
The book teaches the correct usage of Spring in applications, and lowers the learning curve on J2EE standards. It covers useful features of Spring without delving too far into complicated features. The authors take advantage of less complex alternatives whenever possible, and shows how Spring can make you more productive in complicated environments where J2EE technologies need to be applied. The book covers the complete Spring web tools portfolio and deals with persistence and transaction management. It also introduces 3–tier application design and how to test these designs.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I was disappointed with this book on several fronts,
only code snippets are provided
way too much knowledge is assumed for this to be a beginners guide e.g. around Hibernate \ Maven
constantly having to jump back and forth to find references to code
didn't feel the author clearly leads a beginner through the subject matter
Sorry can't recommend, am still searching for a good Spring guide.
only code snippets are provided
way too much knowledge is assumed for this to be a beginners guide e.g. around Hibernate \ Maven
constantly having to jump back and forth to find references to code
didn't feel the author clearly leads a beginner through the subject matter
Sorry can't recommend, am still searching for a good Spring guide.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
There was light ... but not in this case! I wish I had read the previous readers review! As previous reviewer states the book assumes that the reader has knowledge about other technologies, such as Hibernate, maven etc.
Source code is provided via the website as with most programming books, however there is no instruction in the book as to when you should look at the code - or how it relates to the chapter.
Definitely not for the beginner!
There's two reasons why I gave this book 1 star and they are: You have to give at least 1 star to submit a review, and I actually learned a bit about Junit (Testing tool) - not from the book I might add, but from hunting JUnit down on the website so I could run some of the source code.
There has to be a better source for learning Spring.
Source code is provided via the website as with most programming books, however there is no instruction in the book as to when you should look at the code - or how it relates to the chapter.
Definitely not for the beginner!
There's two reasons why I gave this book 1 star and they are: You have to give at least 1 star to submit a review, and I actually learned a bit about Junit (Testing tool) - not from the book I might add, but from hunting JUnit down on the website so I could run some of the source code.
There has to be a better source for learning Spring.
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13 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Not appropriate for Beginners
28 Mar 2008
Format:Paperback
How can this be the first & only Spring authorized book?
When I brought this book I was totally new to Spring but I needed to learn it since our project was mandated to use it. Even after reading the first three chapters (which the author states is required reading), I still couldn't quite get it. First, the author spends too much time in chapters 1 and 2 singing the praises of Spring and doesn't even present a standard "Hello World" solution. Finally in chapter 3 he does start getting into code but its rather convoluted and is only meant to show how/why the Spring Framework saves time versus doing things the usual way.
I finally gave up and went and purchased the "Spring in Action" book by Craig Walls which is excellent for the beginner and even presents a relevent & simple code example from the get-go in Chapter 1. The Walls book is what the beginner needs ad explains every concept from both a historical and relevant use point-of-view.
Now that I've been using Spring for a while, I can say that Minter's book is appropriate only if you already know the fundamentals and want to use it for quick reference (which I do) in its later chapters. But don't buy it expecting any "hand-holding" on your journey to master the Spring Framework.
When I brought this book I was totally new to Spring but I needed to learn it since our project was mandated to use it. Even after reading the first three chapters (which the author states is required reading), I still couldn't quite get it. First, the author spends too much time in chapters 1 and 2 singing the praises of Spring and doesn't even present a standard "Hello World" solution. Finally in chapter 3 he does start getting into code but its rather convoluted and is only meant to show how/why the Spring Framework saves time versus doing things the usual way.
I finally gave up and went and purchased the "Spring in Action" book by Craig Walls which is excellent for the beginner and even presents a relevent & simple code example from the get-go in Chapter 1. The Walls book is what the beginner needs ad explains every concept from both a historical and relevant use point-of-view.
Now that I've been using Spring for a while, I can say that Minter's book is appropriate only if you already know the fundamentals and want to use it for quick reference (which I do) in its later chapters. But don't buy it expecting any "hand-holding" on your journey to master the Spring Framework.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Not so "Beginning"
21 Nov 2008
Format:Paperback
I agree with the first commenter. The author shows small snippets of code here and there right after his explanation. But those code are just... snippets.
Do not expect a tutorial-style build a simple project from scratch type of book. The best thing you can do is to download the code example and pray if you can run it.
I understand that Spring isn't a framework specifically for web-app (thus no Hello World example), but let's face it, how many projects are using Spring and not web-app related?
Do not expect a tutorial-style build a simple project from scratch type of book. The best thing you can do is to download the code example and pray if you can run it.
I understand that Spring isn't a framework specifically for web-app (thus no Hello World example), but let's face it, how many projects are using Spring and not web-app related?
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Terrible Book
4 Mar 2009
Format:Paperback
This is the worst book I have ever spent money on. I completely agree with the first two reviews. Don't waste your time or money on this book. Get Spring in Action, or a different one.
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