With this practical guide, you will learn best practices through real-world projects and follow a simple, practical approach to developing high performance and enterprise-grade Java applications with Spring.

Starting with the architecture of the Spring Framework and setting up the key components of the Spring application development environment, you will learn the configuration of Spring Container and how to manage Spring beans using XML and annotations.

Following this, you will explore how to implement the request handling layer using Spring annotated controllers. Other highlights include learning how to build the Java DAO implementation layer by leveraging the Data Access Object design pattern, securing your applications against malicious intruders, and exploring the Spring Mail Application Programming interface to send and receive e-mails.