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Spring Boot in Action Paperback – Illustrated, 6 Jan. 2016

by Craig Walls (Author)
4.1 out of 5 stars (98)
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Although Spring Framework simplifies enterprise Java development, it can require a lot from developers in terms of framework configuration. Spring Boot radically streamlines the process of creating Spring applications by employing automatic configuration, along with a programming model built around established conventions for build-time and runtime dependencies. It also provides a component that gives insight into the internals of a running application and a handy CLI that can be used to write command-line scripts in Groovy. Developers who have used Spring Boot say that they can't imagine ever going back to hand-configuring their applications.

Spring Boot in Action is a developer-focused guide to writing applications using Spring Boot. It shows readers how to bypass the tedious configuration steps so that they can concentrate on their application's behavior. Using interesting, relevant examples, Spring expert Craig Walls shows both how to use the default settings effectively and how to override and customize Spring Boot for each unique environment. Along the way, it offers insights from Craig's years of Spring development experience.

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Spring Boot brings a convention-over-configuration programming model to the Spring Framework. With Spring Boot, Spring developers can focus on producing application functionality with little effort spent on configuring Spring itself.

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Craig Walls is a software developer at Pivotal and is the author of Spring in Action. He's a zealous promoter of the Spring Framework, speaking frequently at local user groups and conferences. When he's not writing about Spring or slinging code, Craig spends as much time as he can with his wife and two daughters.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Manning Publications
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ 6 Jan. 2016
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ 1st
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 264 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1617292540
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1617292545
  • Item weight ‏ : ‎ 454 g
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 18.75 x 1.52 x 23.5 cm
  • Best Sellers Rank: 1,178,980 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • Customer reviews:
    4.1 out of 5 stars (98)

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  • Mr. Paul J. Grenyer
    5.0 out of 5 stars These are very exciting times indeed for Java.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 September 2016
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    You can be pretty sure of what you’re going to get with a Manning ‘In Action’ book and Spring Boot in Action is no exception. It’s clear, friendly while not being over familiar and above all a pleasure to read. In fact I struggled to put it down. I’ve got back into reading recently, but this is the first technical book I have fully read for quite a while.

    The thing is I’m a huge fan of Java. This brings me into a lot of ridicule. There are lots of other software development technologies such as Ruby on Rails and Node.js which are arguably more productive because they do a lot of the standard web application boilerplate for you. The Spring library provides the Java developer with a lot of web application boilerplate as well, but there is no getting away the fact that Java is more verbose than some of the other options and you need a lot more code and configuration to wire the boilerplate together.

    Enter Spring Boot. Spring Boot is about taking away a lot of the pain of developing Java web applications with Spring. Spring Boot automatically configures most of a Spring Web application for you. It takes care of most of the dependency management and servlet configuration and creates and injects commonly used beans into the application context as, when, and if they are needed. This drastically reduces the amount of code and configuration you need to write and it’s clever enough to work out which dependencies you need and employs tested configurations to make sure they play nicely together. Plus you can reduce the amount of code further by writing your application in Groovy or a combination of Groovy and Java. You can even take advantage of Grails.

    Suddenly Java becomes a lot more competitive in terms of productivity with Ruby on Rails and Node.js, with the added advantage of a statically type, non-interpreted language running on the JVM. I’ve frequently seen Java Spring web applications outperforming similar Ruby on Rails applications. These are very exciting times indeed for Java.

    Spring Boot in Action clearly explains all of this and more including running an embedded tomcat and testing with Selenium. It’s not a long book and the last 35% or so is appendices, but it’s the sort of useful information you need as a Spring Boot developer. Being short also means that Spring Boot does feel like a massive mountain to climb and conquer. If I had one criticism of the book, it would be that the chapter on deployment should be near the beginning, not right at the end.
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  • Glyn
    4.0 out of 5 stars Great intro to a useful project
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 February 2016
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    Great introduction to a useful project. I would like it to be combined with "Spring in Action" as I had to cross-refer, so it's probably worth buying both these books together.
    4 people found this helpful
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  • Rambabu Posa
    5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic worthy Book with Real-time examples
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 February 2016
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    Its really fantastic book to learn Spring Boot even for beginners. They have provided wonder full introduction and very nice real-time examples from simple to fantastic. Now-a-days most of the Spring Based projects are moving to Spring Boot to reduce their development and improve productivity. Its really worth to learn Spring Boot to get good jobs.
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  • Will L.
    1.0 out of 5 stars Very Little Content - no better than the official guides
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 October 2016
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    Mirroring a lot of the other reviews this is a really disappointing book- very little content and an uninspiring example that isn't explained very well. The free online copy that is provided with the book is essential unless you want to spend lots of time typing in the code from the example (the code isn't complicated but there's a fair amount of it).

    The book is ~160 pages not including Appendices. I would say at least a third of these pages aren't about the core spring/spring-boot (22 pages of introduction, 15 are Spring Boot CLI (Groovy) and 17 are about Grails). The remaining content is a similar level to the getting started tutorials on the Spring Boot homepage but not as concise and lacking any explanation as to the "why" of what's been done.

    There's a section in "Customizing configuration" that sums up my frustrations with the book

    """
    Also, I’ve found that if you have both application.properties and application.yml
    side by side at the same level of precedence, properties in application.yml will over-
    ride those in application.properties.
    """

    The example given by the author seems contrived- having two configuration files for an application in different formats and being reliant on the order they are loaded seems like a strange use case. Also the author doesn't seem very confident in the behaviour he's reporting- hence "I've found". I would expect a reference book to know exactly what behaviour should be rather than basing it on observation.
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  • Eduardo Solanas Esteban
    1.0 out of 5 stars Too shallow it is not worthy,
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 October 2016
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    Too shallow it is not worthy, just pick another one or a standard Spring MVC book to get more in depth stuff about Spring features
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  • G. Campbell
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great overall introduction to Spring Boot
    Reviewed in the United States on 7 March 2016
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    A great overall introduction to Spring Boot. The first four chapters cover the basics for a standard Maven or Gradle setup, including externalizing properties. From there he covers Testing, working with the CLI and Groovy, and then working with Grails.The actuator and how to deploy apps are well covered too. Sample code is offered throughout. The appendices are extensive and useful, especially the one covering developer tools. I've seen Mr. Walls at NFJS conferences several times, and he is always good at boiling down complex subjects to their core principles. I recommend this book for anyone who works with Spring Boot.
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  • Amazon Kunde
    5.0 out of 5 stars An excelent Introduction
    Reviewed in Germany on 22 July 2017
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    Well structured text, written in a motivating, comprehensible and amusing way. The examples can easely be adjusted to for real world projects.
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  • Leandro Siciliano
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excelente
    Reviewed in Brazil on 29 July 2018
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    Excelente
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  • vapanchamukhi
    5.0 out of 5 stars Good read for Spring Boot understanding
    Reviewed in India on 12 February 2024
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    Good read for Spring Boot understanding. I recommend this book to gain better understanding of Spring Boot Application. Loved it.
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  • Dany Ros
    1.0 out of 5 stars libro llega en mal estado
    Reviewed in Mexico on 5 April 2019
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    El libro no estaba en buen estado cuando llego, aparte si decides saber spring boot aprende solo con un libro de spring framework ya que este libro no tiene nada relevante que no puedas saber de internet
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