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 useFocuses on the most useful features of Spring, including persistence and transaction management as well as the complete Spring web tools portfolioIntroduces three-tier application design and how to test these designs

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.

A Gentle Introduction to the Spring Framework.- The Core Container.- Aspect-Oriented Programming.- Spring AOP 2.0.- to Data Access.- Persistence with JDBC.- Transaction Management.- Spring MVC.- View Technologies.- Testing.