What is the best book to learn Spring and Hibernate

Question

I would like to learn Spring and Hibernate in an efficient way.

Next weeks, I will have a lot of time to read but I will not be in front of a computer (so it will difficult to read online tutorials for example).

So, my question is : what is the best book to learn Spring and Hibernate ?

Of course, I know that I'll have to practice a little when I'll progress further in my reading.

Answer 1

Unless you have read a lot of books about the same topic this is hard to judge. I think the books from O'Reilly are always a good choice. Harnessing Hibernate is from 2008.

Answer 2

Spring Framework Documentation (PDF), is your best bet for Spring and to know how Spring work together with Hibernate. Hibernate Made Easy is a classic and up-to-date for learning Hibernate.

Answer 3

I quite liked the Manning books:

http://www.manning.com/bauer2/ (Java Persistence with Hibernate)

http://www.manning.com/walls3/ (Spring in Action)

Though I never read this one, it's probably more suited for you:

http://www.manning.com/peak/

Answer 4

Craig Walls's "Spring In Action" 2nd edition will cover both. There's a chapter on using Hibernate with Spring.

"Pro Spring" 2nd edition is a great Spring book.

Whatever you do, make sure that the books you get deal with Spring 2.x, preferrably 2.5. We're on the verge of Spring 3.0, so you don't want to be too far out of date.

Answer 5

look at the Packt's recent book, Spring Persistence with Hibernate