Developers will be introduced to Spring Python and will learn to develop powerful applications after applying concepts of Spring to the environment of Python. Readers will shown how to use the IoC or Dependency Injection container for Python. Using Jython, developers will be able to link Python and Java components together efficiently as well as learn to add security to their Python application.

Through this book users will learn to design, develop, and test their web applications using the Spring Web Flow 2 framework. Java developers will be able to Integrate Java Server Faces (JSF) with Spring Web Flow to organize and manage the storage of data inside their web application.

Through this book, users will learn to master the concepts of AOP by developing several real-life AOP-based applications with the Spring Framework, and implementing the basic components of Spring AOP: Advice, Joinpoint, Pointcut, and Advisor. By implementing an interface that manages invocations, developers will learn to set up a dynamic proxy with JDK.

Over at the Open Sources blog, Savio Rodrigues calls attention to two critical security vulnerabilities in the Spring Framework for Java. They were discovered by security consultancy Ounce Labs, which disclosed the exploits in a detailed report. If you use Spring for critical business applications, you'll definitely want to be aware of the threats and take appropriate measures.

Database security is the single biggest concern with today's Web-based applications. Without control, you risk exposing sensitive information about your company or, worse yet, your valuable customers. In this article, learn about security measures you can take to protect your PostgreSQL database.

SpringSource (which, it's easy to forget, is now a division of VMware), introduced Spring 3.0 today, a major new version of the company’s Java development framework. SpringSource is targeting developers focused on web and service-based applications with the new release.

I agree that Linux is less vulnerable than Windows, but that doesn’t make it immune to attackers. It’s not always about security flaws, buffer overflows or denial of service attacks. I came up with a list of 10 basic rules that should reduce the security risk.

Network Security Toolkit is one of many live CD Linux distributions focusing on network monitoring, analysis, and security. NST was designed to give network security administrators easy access to a comprehensive set of open source network applications, many of which are among the top 100 security tools recommended by insecure.org.

Security in a PHP application includes remote and local security concerns. Discover the habits PHP developers should get into to implement Web applications that have both characteristics.