Streamlined Web Apps With Spring »more
With the release of Spring 2.5 comes a host of new features that make Java web application development faster, cleaner, and more streamlined. We'll use Spring 2.5 to implement a simple web application from the ground up in this session.

Introduction to Hibernate »more
This session introduces the Hibernate Object/Relational Mapping (ORM) framework, showing the basics of persisting Java objects to relational databases. No prior knowledge of Hibernate or ORM is assumed.

Google Your Domain Objects With Hibernate Search »more
Hibernate is one of the pre-eminent object/relational mapping technologies, but the Hibernate Search project adds full-text search capabilities to an already extremely capable tool to allow you to Google your domain objects.

Groovier Spring (More Flexible Applications With Spring and Groovy) »more
Spring provides a solid foundation for web and enterprise applications. Its support for dynamic languages like Groovy adds interesting capabilities that can make your application architecture more flexible and dynamic.

Real World Hibernate Tips »more 
Hibernate is a very powerful object/relational mapping framework. With the vast amount of power also comes the responsibility to choose which features of Hibernate to use and how to use them, as well as things to avoid. We'll look at some real world Hibernate tips and tricks in this session.