Spring in Action

One of the most useful books I have ever read. It builds up knowledge step-by-step, chapter-by-chapter. The text is easy to follow, well organised and everything is excellently explained through examples just as the title suggests. The more advanced chapters do not discuss the topics exhaustively but more than enough to do your daily job. Anyway it is an introductory book into the world of Spring and gives you enough tastes of the framework. If you need to become an expert in any particular field of Spring, you know your options, how things work and what to study next. Loved reading it from the first page till the last one. The example the book uses is probably not the most exiting and it has a bit of text book flavour, but that's the only critics I have which is not even a real one. If you want to lear Spring buy this book, a definitive 5-star from me.

The author forgets to tell you basics, like what to name a view (html), where to put it, where to put a class etc. Reading also he'll start writing out code, but doesn't say, create this file, place it here. write this code. Are you showing me an example or instructing me to do something? All this can be deduced, but it would be nice not to have to guess. i'm looking in the downloaded source code to find answers only to see i've put things in different places. I know some of this is up to us as the application designers, but still... i'm following your instructions, so instruct.

There are some sections of the book that are not clear and the code in the repository does not match the book. I also had major errors during the relational databases chapter. Also outdated as the Spring version mentioned in the book isn't available in the Spring boot initializer. The actual explanations in the book and description of how Spring works is useful though.

I don't understand the purpose of this book. it lacks the deep theoretical dive of previous editions, but you might think it's a good practical guide. However, no, nearly all the examples related to the data persisting are non-functional, I'm not joking, all of them do not work. The author did not bother to check the practical examples at all, they simply do not work. It's very frustrating because you have to search for the information yourself on how to make the project work, and then it's unclear why I paid money for the book. I don't know what will happen next, or whether this problem will continue, but if it does, any value from this book will be lost.

Great all round book. Everything is clear, understandable and correct.Author writes very well, it is a pleasure to read. Aside of great explanations author suggests some side readings on the topic he finds important, but which are not the scope of the book. This book is a great example of author staying on track which is extremely hard. Topic is very broad, yet Craig managed to keep it on a short leash.Technically book is entertaining and sound. I had great times with it. Some details: software engineer with 10 years of experience, never touched Java much, but have 4 years of Scala experience. Had virtually no issues with code* / build tools / understanding. I call it a big success for Craig because walk someone through Spring who almost not applied Java (and it was last time when Java was 7th version) nor ever touched Spring framework.*Rarely code needs to be a bit fixed or added, but nothing difficult at all. There is GitHub repository with the code where it is in the correct state. Moreover, I've used different Spring version (3.1.4) and Java version (21) than suggested - also no issues.Congrats Craig Walls and Manning!

Very practical guide that explores plenty of scopes sitting under the Spring umbrella. It goes straight to the target using concise and understandable code snippets with a minimal explanation of theoretical concepts.Recommended both to beginners and to experts.

The book describes main modules and how to use them. Of course, it is just an introduction, not thorough manual.

I have just started to read Spring in Action 6th edition but I really like what I've read so far. It is a great way to get started with Spring with hands-on examples. I definitively recommend this book.