Pro Spring 2.5 [Paperback]

Pro Spring 2 is the perfect, simple answer for your lightweight, alternative Java EE development needs! Put simply, this book brings J2EE/Java EE down to earth. Without the hassles of using the EJB 3 specification and similar, you can build lighter, better-performing agile enterprise Java-based applications using Spring Framework 2. The Spring framework can also integrate other noteworthy and hot open source tools like Apache Struts, Hibernate, OpenJPA, GlassFish, and many more. Youll work through a real, scalable enterprise application and build it from the ground up with Spring, using all the multiple web views and frameworks.

This book brings J2EE/Java EE down to earth. Without the hassles of using the EJB 3 specification and similar, you can build lighter, better-performing agile enterprise Java-based applications using Spring Framework 2.

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