Books like head first for spring, for an OCPJP6 passed student ?

Are there any beginner level books for someone with basic knowledge of java/OCPJP 6 ? Are the topics covered in OCPJP enough to begin learning about spring ?

We recommend getting Spring In Action 3rd edition.

Spring aims to have you write plain simple Java code, so if you know how to write a Java class with setters and getters, constructors, instance variables and methods based on interfaces, then you will be fine.

Good Luck

Mark

looks worth looking at. However, this review sounds discouraging:
Amazon review
The reviewer does have a valid point about the "knights and minstrels" example in the book. Any more suggestions ? Preferably something similar to "head first" series of books ?

Thanks.

Raghavendra Shockley wrote:looks worth looking at. However, this review sounds discouraging:
Amazon review
The reviewer does have a valid point about the "knights and minstrels" example in the book. Any more suggestions ? Preferably something similar to "head first" series of books ?

Thanks.

I have seen that review and I completely disagree, his point is so off the mark it is funny. As a matter of fact, I believe that my Spring in Action 3 does not even have a knights and minstrels example. There is no Head First Spring and I doubt there will be one since the Spring In Action is really the best book. The Author is a SpringSource employee that has been well known in this field and a great developer.

Mark