Totally new to Spring. Where to start?

[matiman]

Hi guys,

I am a Java developer with two years of experience in JSE. But now, I started working on web development using Java. Few days ago, I attended a 3 day seminar on Spring and I found it useful. So I was looking for helper materials, like books, documentations and tutorials. One of my friend recommended me to read Spring Recipes, but after reading some pages, I thought it might be difficult for me to use that book. I even reviewed other books on Amazon like Spring in Action and others. So before I buy one of them, I wanted to ask you which book will help me to understand the basics of Spring? Please recommend me any materials that will show me the road.

Thank you.

[jzcfk9]

Before reading any book I would first read the Spring reference manual. I find the Spring Framework documentation first class.

[joshlong]

The reference documentation's great, but might be overwhelming. A good "getting started" point is http://blog.springsource.com/category/green-beans/ . The only "required" reading is the first one, after that you may read any of the others in any order you like. These are designed to be comprehensive introductions to core Spring concepts for useful, real world projects.