Java Spring - Please Suggest

You can expect any text on Spring to be relatively advanced, as they're not meant for entry level programmers.

You're expected to have a decent understanding of OO concepts especially.

But yes, the book I mentioned more or less eases you into the whole thing instead of plunging right in.

The book yawmark mentioned is more of a reference. I've not read it (though I've browsed some sections that I needed at times).

At the moment I'm working my way through Pro Spring MVC and Web Flow, not recommended as an introductory text on Spring (it assumes you already know the basics).

jwentinga at 2007-7-9 22:11:48 >

> you may want to avoid this book, so says the author

> himself,

It's a decent book, though relevant to older versions of the software used.

The main reason Bruce Tate tells you to not read it is that he's making a lot of money as a consultant for Ruby on Rails, a competing technology.

He suddenly changed from being a Java advocate to a Java hater when he was almost done writing a book about Ruby... Hardly someone you can trust when he voices an opinion.

jwentinga at 2007-7-9 22:11:48 >