1-59059-918-7Apress 9781590599181 1590599187Sep-07 List Price: $42.99Paperback335 pages Our Price: $34.39 Spring has made a remarkable rise in popularity since its conception in 2002. Many users have found the lightweight, open source Spring Framework 2.x ideal for building their applications in Java EE environments. Written by Interface21, Building Spring 2 Enterprise Applications will take developers through the following: Covers the first steps of using Spring while discussing the relevant technologies that Spring can be integrated with, what to be aware of, and how working with Spring makes them easier to use Focuses on the most useful features of Spring, including persistence and transaction management as well as the complete Spring web tools portfolio Introduces three-tier application design and how to test these designs What you’ll learn Get a gentle introduction to the Spring Framework 2.x and the application context. Access and persist your data with Spring and its modules for JDBC, Hibernate, iBATIS, JDO, OpenJPA, and others. Use Spring for business logic and transaction management and support. Work with Spring’s web-tier solutions including Spring MVC web framework, web forms, web flow, as well as integration with other web solutions. See how Aspect-Oriented Programming (AOP) is important and what role it plays in Spring and your three-tier enterprise application. Test and deploy Spring. Who is this book for? Ideal for those new to J2EE/Java EE, this book provides a broad insight into Spring’s enterprise Java-based technologies, while showing how to use Spring correctly in applications lowers the enterprise Java learning curve without going into too much detail. Author Information Interface21 is a privately held international company made up of consultants who build, use, and train for the most popular application framework in the world. Springframework.com is operated by Interface21 Limited, a privately owned company. The developers who brought you the Spring framework also provide training, consulting, and support. Interface21 also has partnerships in Europe and North America, partnering with companies that value a high quality of service and have experience with Spring, as well as partnerships with developers who deliver .NET services. Interface21 wants to be your first partner for enterprise development. Seth Ladd is a software engineer and professional Spring Framework trainer and mentor specializing in object-oriented and testable web applications. He started his own company building websites at age 17, but now enjoys having a real job. Currently working for Camber Corporation, Seth has built and deployed systems for NEC, Rochester Institute of Technology, Brivo Systems, and National Information Consortium. He has architected and developed enterprise applications in Java and C for both the server and remotely connected embedded devices. He enjoys speaking and teaching, and is a frequent presenter at local Java user groups and at corporate developer conferences. Seth is very thankful for living and working in Kailua, Hawaii, with his wife. Bram Smeets A biography is not available for this author.