Spring, hibernate - where do I start

hussey

Hello people, I've decided to upskill a bit since I've some free time

anyway I've heard alot about this, and to be honest haven't really looked into it.

anyway can someone recommend me a good book on where to get started on this - I'd rather a book than url, simply as I like to read rather than from pc.

Cheers
Kevin

lukin

hussey wrote:

Hello people, I've decided to upskill a bit since I've some free time

anyway I've heard alot about this, and to be honest haven't really looked into it.

anyway can someone recommend me a good book on where to get started on this - I'd rather a book than url, simply as I like to read rather than from pc.

Cheers
Kevin

A guy called Rod Johnson is the "father" of Spring and his book "Professional Java Development with the Spring Framework" is generally accepted as the best one out there on Spring. I got it off the 'net for nothing but I can't remember where. There are a few other ones; "Spring Live" by Matt Raible and "Spring In Action" by Craig Walls & Ryan Breidenbach.
I know you said you don't want any links but this one is really good, trust me:
http://www.springhub.com/

Hibernate I don't know much about, sorry!

bpmurray

Chris Richardson's book covers not only Hibernate & Spring, but also includes iBatis and JDO information. Its subtitle is "Developing Enterprise Application with Lightweight Frameworks", so it really focuses on how best to exploit these frameworks rather than pushing any particular technology. And it's full of examples too, something I like in a book.

hussey

Thanks guys

nude_hamster

Hibernate In Action by Christian Bauer and Gavin King, using that book at moment for all my hibernate stuff