Spring Batch in Action

Preface

Gosh, batch processes are hard to write—especially when using a general language like Java. In spite of this, they’re exciting to write, when you consider the large amount of data they process. Batch jobs run every night, making it easy for millions of people to do things like banking, online shopping, querying billing information, and so on. This ought to turn any (geeky) developer on.

That was the case with Thierry, who was the first to work on the proposal for a Spring Batch book with Manning. Arnaud joined soon afterwards. The funny thing is that we were still working on Manning’s Spring Dynamic Modules in Action book at the time. Writing a book is a challenge, but you could consider writing two books at the same time a sign of ...