Clarence Ho is the Senior Java Architect of a HK-based software consultancy firm, SkywideSoft Technology Limited (www.skywidesoft.com). Having been worked in the IT field for over 20 years, Clarence had been the team leader of many in-house application development projects, as well as providing consultancy services on enterprise solutions to clients. Clarence started programming with Java in 2001, and then heavily involved in the design and development of JEE applications with technologies including EJB, Spring Framework, Hibernate, JMS, WS, etc., beginning from 2005. Since then, Clarence had made up his mind in becoming a Java Enterprise Architect.

Currently Clarence is working as a consultant for an international finance institution, contributing in various areas including Java EE architectural design, education, provide recommendations on technology solutions as well as application development best practice.

When have spare time, Clarence enjoys playing sports (jogging, swimming, soccer, hiking, etc.), reading, movies, hang out with friends, etc.

Rob Harrop is a software consultant specializing in delivering high-performance, highly-scalable enterprise applications. He is an experienced architect with a particular flair for understanding and solving complex design issues. With a thorough knowledge of both Java and .NET, Harrop has successfully deployed projects across both platforms. He also has extensive experience across a variety of sectors, retail and government in particular.

Harrop is the author of five books, including Pro Spring, a widely-acclaimed, comprehensive resource on the Spring Framework.

Harrop has been a core developer of the Spring Framework since June 2004 and leads the JMX and AOP efforts. He co-founded U.K.-based software company, Cake Solutions, in May 2001, having spent the previous two years working as lead developer for a successful dotcom start-up. Rob is a member of the JCP and is involved in the JSR-255 Expert Group for JMX 2.0.

Chris Schaefer is a Principal Software Engineer working on the Spring Batch project. He is an all around Spring enthusiast, loves learning new things and sharing with others. Chris resides in Florida with his wife and cat.

ro Spring updates the perennial bestseller with the latest that the Spring Framework 4 has to offer. Now in its fourth edition, this popular book is by far the most comprehensive and definitive treatment of Spring available.

With Pro Spring, you’ll learn Spring basics and core topics, and share the authors’ insights and real–world experiences with remoting, Hibernate, and EJB. Beyond the basics, you'll learn how to leverage the Spring Framework to build the various tiers or parts of an enterprise Java application: transactions, web and presentation tiers, deployment, and much more. A full sample application allows you to apply many of the technologies and techniques covered in this book and see how they work together.

The agile, lightweight, open-source Spring Framework continues to be the de facto leading enterprise Java application development framework for today's Java programmers and developers. It works with other leading open-source, agile, and lightweight Java technologies such as Hibernate, Groovy, MyBatis, and more. Spring now works with Java EE and JPA 2 as well.

After reading this definitive book, you'll be armed with the power of Spring to build complex Spring applications, top to bottom.

What you’ll learn

Get started with the Spring Framework and its latest features

Use inversion of control (IoC) and dependency injection (DI)

Apply aspect-oriented programming (AOP) techniques with Spring, and why they're important

Access and persist data using Spring and Hibernate, MyBatis, JPA 2 and more

Build transaction engines for your enterprise application and take advantage of other middle-tier features in Spring

Create Spring-based web applications using Spring MVC and more

Design and build Spring-based front ends

Work with scripting languages such as Groovy to provide enhanced functionality for your applications

Who this book is for

This book is for experienced Java developers who may be learning Spring for the first time or have minimal exposure to the Spring Framework. It's aimed at those who are active in or plan on getting into enterprise Java application development.