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Get 25% off Pro Spring 2.5 at Apress.com until 30th September with the following code Spring25.

Published: 30 July 2008
ISBN: 1590599217
Authors: Jan Machacek, Jessica Ditt, Aleksa Vukotic, Anirvan Chakraborty
Publisher: Apress
Pro Spring 2.5 is the perfect, simple answer for your lightweight, alternative Java EE development needs! Put simply, this book brings J2EE/Java EE “down to earth.” Without the hassles of using the EJB 3 specification and similar, you can build lighter, better–performing agile enterprise Java–based applications using Spring Framework 2.

Published: February 2005
ISBN: 1590594614
Authors: Rob Harrop, Jan Machacek
Publisher: Apress
Spring—the open source Java-based framework—allows you to build lighter, better performing applications. Written by Spring insiders Rob Harrop and Jan Machacek, Pro Spring is the only book endorsed by Rod Johnson, founder of the Spring Framework.

Published: September 2004
ISBN: 1590592352
Authors: Rob Harrop, Jan Machacek, Erin Mulder, Michael Wessler
Publisher: Apress
Oracle Application Server 10g: J2EE Deployment and Administration focuses on the latest version of Oracle's fully J2EE-certified application server (previously called Oracle9iAS).

Published: August 2004
ISBN: 159059410X
Author: Rob Harrop
Publisher: Apress
Pro Jakarta Velocity: From Professional to Expert leads leads you immediately toward configuration and setup, all the way to full-blown application development. This is not merely a book about web development—as the multipurpose Velocity does more than replace JSP.

Published: August 2004
ISBN: 1590593685
Authors: Brian Bischof, Kunal Cheda, James Greenwood, Rob Harrop, Colt Kwong, Jan Machacek, Jon Reid, Bill Sempf, Donald Xie
Publisher: Apress
Pro Visual Studio .NET reveals and demystifies Visual Studio to enable programmers to do their job more quickly and with fewer errors. The authors of this book are all well known in each field of .NET development, and offer their hands-on experience of making the tool work in the real world.

Published: March 2004
ISBN: 159059228X
Authors: John Carnell, Rob Harrop
Publisher: Apress
Pro Jakarta Struts, Second Edition maps out how to use the Jakarta Struts framework, so you can solve everyday web application development challenges. This book takes an application-centric approach: the development of an application drives the Struts coverage—not the other way around.
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