Expert Spring MVC and Web Flows shows the reader how to use the Spring Web application development framework found in the extremely popular, open source Spring Framework. Picking up where the best selling Pro Spring left off, Expert Spring MVC and Web Flows covers Spring's Model-View-Controller (MVC) code packages, HTTP, best practices for Web application development, and integration with popular third-party utilities. This book also features the new Spring Web Flow system, a cutting edge workflow system being introduced in Spring 1.3. The Web Flow system provides the perfect compliment to the existing MVC system, rounding out Spring's robust and powerful Web development framework.

Autorentext
Colin Yates is a J2EE principal architect who specializes in web-based development. He has been a freelance consultant for the past three years and has worked in a number of environments, both structured and chaotic. Since graduating with a software engineering degree in 1997, he has held a number of positions, including development lead, principal systems engineer, mentor, and professional trainer. His principal skill set includes mentoring others, architecting complex problems into manageable solutions, and optimizing development processes. Colin was first introduced to the Spring Framework in January 2003 by his mentors, Peter Den Haan and David Hewitt, and he has never looked back. After a couple of years using the Spring and Hibernate technology stack to good effect, in May 2005 he became one of the early adopters of Spring Web Flow, finally finding the missing item in the web development toolbox. A self-confessed addict of the green bar that comes from following test-driven development and XP, Colin regularly frustrates new team members by introducing a continuous build environment. When not hanging around the Spring support forums (http://forum.springframework.org), Colin can be found out walking with his wife and two dogs, practicing martial arts, attending his local church, or preparing for the arrival of his first child.

Klappentext

• 1st and only book to market on the open source Spring MVC and Web Flows, positioned to become the new "Struts." * Will be the only authoritative solution, by the Spring MVC and Spring Web Flows project leads themselves.

• Two markets for this book. 1) Ex-patriots from the Struts world who have developed numerous web applications, but are looking for more and willing to take the initiative to experiment with new solutions; and 2) early adopter web developers into Web Flow, which has created a lot of buzz and will generate interest around this book as well as Spring MVC.

Inhalt
Spring Fundamentals.- Spring MVC Application Architecture.- Jump into Spring MVC.- The Processing Pipeline.- The Controller Menagerie.- The View Layer.- Supported View Types.- Validation.- Testing Spring MVC Applications.- to Spring Web Flow.- Advanced Spring Web Flow.