We’re using Hibernate at work but not Spring yet. We are using WebLogic Web Services and Flash Remoting which potentially make Spring less useful. However, I’m been reading alot about Spring lately and related topics lately:

Looks like “Better, Faster, Lighter Java” would be a good but small book. Probably not necessary if you just use Spring, Hibernate etc. Also, Rod Johnson’s newest book “Expert One-on-One J2EE Development without EJB” could be good but when you already believe it…