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Expert Spring MVC and Web Flow (Paperback)
by Seth Ladd (Author), Darren Davison (Author), Steven Devijver (Author), Colin Yates (Author)
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  • Paperback: 424 pages
  • Publisher: APRESS (1 Feb 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 159059584X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1590595848
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Expert Spring MVC and Web Flow provides in-depth coverage of Spring MVC and Spring Web Flow, two highly customizable and powerful web frameworks brought to you by the developers and community of the Spring Framework. Spring MVC is a modern web application framework built upon the Spring Framework, and Spring Web Flow is a new project that compliments Spring MVC for building reusable web controller modules that encapsulate rich page navigation rules. Along with detailed analysis of the code and functionality, plus the first-published coverage of Spring Web Flow, this book includes numerous tips and tricks to help you get the most out of Spring MVC, Spring Web Flow, and web development in general. Spring MVC and Spring Web Flow are engineered with an important consideration for design patterns and expert object oriented programming techniques. This book explains not only the design decisions of the frameworks, but also how you can apply similar designs and techniques to your own code. This book takes great care in covering every inch of Spring MVC and Spring Web Flow to give you the complete picture.Along with all the best known features of these frameworks, you'll discover some new hidden treasures.

You'll also learn how to correctly and safely extend the frameworks to create customized solutions. From beginner to expert, this book is for anyone who wishes to write robust, modern, and useful web applications with the Spring Framework.


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4.0 out of 5 stars Good, but in the bigger picture..., 28 May 2006
By Kevin Stembridge (London) - See all my reviews
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I started out giving this book 3 stars but then I realised that might be a little unfair, because the value of the book depends on where you are coming from, i.e. the bigger picture.

The book, as the title suggests, is about Spring MVC and Web Flow. Readers of the book should already know a bit about the Spring Framework in general. There are several references to another Apress book Pro Spring for those readers who don't already have the pre-requisite Spring knowledge. I've never read that book so I can't comment on it, instead I bought Professional Java Development with the Spring Framework by Johnson et al, which is definitely a 5 star book without question and I highly recommend it for anyone just starting out with Spring. So when I mentioned that it depends on where you're coming from, I mean it depends on whether you've read Johnson et al or not, and whether or not you've read Pro Spring.

If you've read Johnson et al ... then this is a 3 star book and you probably don't need it. If you've read Johnson et al then you already know plenty about the Spring Framework, including MVC. In which case, this book will only add a little bit of value. Their coverage of MVC is more detailed but in my opinion not so much so that it is worth buying the book if you're already building Spring MVC applications. If you're like me, you may be looking to buy this book because it covers Web Flow, which is something that Johnson et al has no coverage of. More about that later.

If you've read Pro Spring ... then this is a 4.5 star book. It is definitely a good read for someone who doesn't already know anything about Spring MVC. If you're looking for Web Flow though, well, more about that later.

If you haven't read either Johnson et al or Pro Spring ... I would recommend buying Johnson et al and not worrying about this book. But then you're still left without anything on Web Flow.

This book contains 2 chapters on Spring Web Flow. A technology that I think is going to be extremely useful and well worth learning if you're building web applications. The problem is that Web Flow has still not had an official 1.0 release yet. The Web Flow chapters were written by Colin Yates. If you've ever hung out on the Spring forums then you might know of him already. He is always there contributing really useful advice. He knows a lot about Spring and Web Flow but when writing these chapters the poor guy was trying to hit a moving target and some of it is out of date already. I also think he doesn't go into enough detail some of the time and you're left wondering how to fill in the gaps. For example, a flow is stored in a repository. There is no mention of what the default repository is or how to configure something other than the default. I had to find out by looking through Javadocs, which in itself wasn't so easy because the API in the latest release (RC1) has changed since the book was written. So my opinion on the Web Flow chapters is that they are good if you have no previous knowledge of Web Flow but they aren't sufficient on their own. You'll have to learn as you go by looking for online tutorials and reading through the API.

So all in all, a good book, definitely worth buying ... or not, depending on what you've read in the past.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Spring MVC Guide, 24 Mar 2006
Well written and presented, this book is a must buy for all Spring MVC developers. Having brought Spring in Action months earlier, which didnt impress me, this book covers all the areas which I wasn't clear on.

References are made to the Pro Spring book for details like implementing the MVC in the services layer - but even so this plug is done with grace and style.

Well worth the investment!

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2.0 out of 5 stars Outdated. Not the best technical writing., 11 Oct 2007
By Dave Austin "DJA" (London. UK) - See all my reviews
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Not the best written book on Spring; and not the first in the "lacking" category from Apress. It gives the distinct impression of having been "rushed out" and lacks the clarity found in other Spring texts. You will need previous experience of using Spring MVC to follow this book.

Craig Walls "Spring in Action (2nd ed.)" is, for my money, far superior; so if you have to make the choice that's the one to go for. That said, Ladd et al. have some useful pointers concerning architecture and application design. Just a shame they hadn't waited for the final release of Spring 2.0 to ensure their writing was up-to-date.

In summary, a useful addition to the library but beware of relying it as a definitive source !
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