Pro Spring: From Professional to Expert (Expert's Voice in Java) by Jan Machacek [Repost]

Pro Spring is not a blatant clone of the supplied documentation. Instead…the authors gracefully introduce Spring by adopting a very pragmatic approach based on their real-world experiences with the framework. - Valentin Crettaz, JavaRanch Bartender Spring-the open source Java-based framework-allows you to build lighter, better performing applications.