Spring 2.5 Aspect Oriented Programming [Paperback]

Massimiliano Dessì (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 27, 2009

Develop real-world applications using the AOP features of the Spring framework. If you are a Java software architect, engineer, or developer and want to be able to write applications in a more modular and concise way by using Spring, then you need this book. Readers need basic knowledge of Spring and its configuration.

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About the Author

Massimiliano Dessì

Massimiliano Dessì is an experienced Java developer, who started developing JEE applications in 2000. In 2004 he discovered the Spring Framework 1.0, and since then he has been one of its most enthusiastic users.

He works as a Software Architect and Engineer for Sourcesense, one of the leading European Open-Source System Integrators. Before joining Sourcesense, he worked as software architect for CRS4. He's also an active technical writer, author of various articles, publications, and reviews.

Massimiliano is also a frequent speaker at Users Groups conferences, including, Java Users Groups, SpringFrameworkUser Group, Javaday, and Linux Users Groups. He is one of the founders of Java User Group Sardinia, the founder of "Spring Framework Italian User Group", "Jetspeed Italian User Group" and "Groovy Italian User Group".

He lives in Cagliari, Sardinia with his family.

Product Details

• Paperback: 332 pages
• Publisher: Packt Publishing (February 27, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1847194028
• ISBN-13: 978-1847194022
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,430,339 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Buy A Different Book, July 18, 2009

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Christina M. Hardin (Saint Louis, MO United States) - See all my reviews
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I bought this book along with several other Spring-related books. This one is horrible. It was written and edited by non-native speakers of English. This is very apparent in the poor sentence structure.

Aside from the fact that the text is very difficult to read, the sheer lack of text is another huge problem. This book contains pages and pages of code listings with very little regular text. The point of a book is to explain concepts and point out how these are being applied in the code examples. This book does not do that. It will have three lines of text, basically saying "Spring allows you to do X" and then it will have three pages of uninterrupted and unexplained code listings. If all you want to do is sift through code and try to figure out what it is doing, I'm sure you can find example applications to download on the Internet. It would be about the same thing as reading this book.

I also bought Pro Spring 2.5. It has two chapters on AOP that total about 110 pages. You will be far better off reading these two chapters instead of reading this entire AOP book. The text in the Pro Spring 2.5 book is far more dense and thorough and yet easier to read.

With this book, it seems like someone took a 20 page paper, added a bunch of code, and then put in lots of whitespace to bloat this thing into something they could sell as a 200-page book.

Really, buy anything else but this.

4.0 out of 5 stars Awesome book, November 6, 2010

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JVICTOR80 - See all my reviews

This review is from: Spring 2.5 Aspect Oriented Programming (Paperback)

This is one of the books that lucidly explains the concepts of AOP, as well as how Spring implements AOP. There are plenty of complete code samples that complement the explanations. I had some experience with Spring AOP and was looking for a better level of understanding - this book perfectly fits the bill.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Don't buy a different book, April 29, 2010

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Andrea Bozzoni (Brussels) - See all my reviews
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This book is a perfect help to understand in a simple way a complex subject as the Aspect Oriented Programming.
It introduces the reader gradually, through a simple and understandable language the reader to all aspects of this type of programming that at the first sight presents difficulties in concepts than the classical programming.
It analyzes in detail all the features offered by Spring and the integration between it and AspectJ.
The most interesting chapters are the ones related to the design (chapter six, seven and eight), these show with clear and simple examples how the aspect oriented programming can be used in enterprise class level applications.