Better, Faster, Lighter Java

In Better, Faster, Lighter Java authorsBruce Tate and Justin Gehtland argue that the oldheavyweight architectures, such as WebLogic, JBoss, andWebSphere, are unwieldy, complicated, and contribute to slowand buggy application code. As an alternative, the authorspresent two "lightweight" open source architectures,Hibernate and Spring, that can help you create enterpriseapplications that are easier to maintain, write, and debug,and are ultimately much faster.