Spring Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach

The Spring Framework is the de-facto leading open source agile enterprise Java meta-framework and serves as an alternative to using J2EE/Java EE. With the release of Spring Framework 2 .5 by enterprise Java luminary Rod Johnson and the SpringFramework.org project (with support from Interface21), Spring continues its phenomenal growth in adoption.

And Spring is now easier than ever to learn. It’s even lighter and more agile. It promises fewer issues with XML and much more. Includes greater adoption and incorporation of Rails Web applications as well for those that need to integrate Rails applications as part of broader Java/Spring stack. And much more…

Spring Framework 2.5 Recipes by Gary Mak is the newest, latest Spring book from Apress and its Spring from the Source series. This book lets readers get down and dirty with Spring code for immediate copy/paste into the reader’s specific application development project.

Gary Mak, founder and chief consultant of Meta-Archit Software Technology Limited, has been a technical architect and application developer on the enterprise Java platform for over seven years. He is the author of the Apress books Spring Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach and Pro SpringSource dm Server. In his career, Gary has developed a number of Java-based software projects, most of which are application frameworks, system infrastructures, and software tools. He enjoys designing and implementing the complex parts of software projects. Gary has a master’s degree in computer science. His research interests include object-oriented technology, aspect-oriented technology, design patterns, software reuse, and domain-driven development.

Gary specializes in building enterprise applications on technologies including Spring, Hibernate, JPA, JSF, Portlet, AJAX, and OSGi. He has been using the Spring Framework in his projects for five years, since Spring version 1.0. Gary has been an instructor of courses on enterprise Java, Spring, Hibernate, Web Services, and agile development. He has written a series of Spring and Hibernate tutorials as course materials, parts of which are open to the public, and they’re gaining popularity in the Java community. In his spare time, he enjoys playing tennis and watching tennis competitions.

Daniel Rubio is an independent consultant with over 10 years of experience in enterprise and web–based software. More recently, Daniel is founder and technical lead at MashupSoft.com.

Josh Long is an enterprise architect, developer, consultant, speaker and author. When he's not hacking on code, he can be found at the local Java User Group or at the local coffee shop. Josh likes building solutions that push the boundaries of the technologies that enable them. His interests include scalability, BPM, grid processing, mobile computing and so-called “smart” systems. Josh is a Sun certified Java programmer with many years of experience. Josh has been using the Spring framework since it debuted and has followed with excitement as the Spring framework has in recent years started to advance the state of the art, not just facilitate it. Josh lives in sunny Southern California with his wife. He maintains a blog where can be reached at http://www.joshlong.com.