Beginning Spring Framework 2
Chapter One
Jump Start Spring 2
It is always an exciting time when you first start to use a new software framework. Spring 2, indeed,
is an exciting software framework in its own right. However, it is also a fairly large framework. In
order to apply it effectively in your daily work you must first get some fundamental understanding
of the following issues:
Why Spring exists
What problem it is trying to solve
How it works
What new techniques or concepts it embraces
How best to use it
This chapter attempts to get these points covered as quickly as possible and get you using the
Spring 2 framework on some code immediately. The following topics are covered in this chapter:
A brief history of the Spring framework and design rationales
A typical application of the Spring framework
Wiring Java components to create applications using Spring
Understanding Spring's autowiring capabilities
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