今天发布了Spring 框架 3.1 版本，这是企业级 Java 开发的又一步。

  	There is a <EM>lot</EM> of other stuff to talk about this week, but we'll
  	forego them for next week, because there's quite simply too much to look at with Spring 3.1.  

  	Take a look at the following content, and don't forget to download (<A href="http://www.springsource.com/download/community?project=Spring%20Framework&version=3.1.0.RELEASE">direct</a> or <a href="http://www.springsource.org/spring-core#download">maven</a>) and try out the latest and greatest bits today! 
 

当然，所有详细信息，请查看Spring Framework 3.1 发布说明。

我最喜欢的此版本的新功能包括：

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Comprehensive Java-based application configuration</LI>
</LI> <lI>New caching abstraction
</LI><lI>Environment support, including bean definition profiles and hierarchical property source management
</LI><lI>Support for Hibernate 4
</LI><lI>Java 7 fork/join and JDBC 4.1 support	</LI>

开胃菜结束了，让我们进入正餐！

<LI>  First off, you need to see the <a href= "http://blog.springsource.org/2011/12/13/spring-framework-3-1-goes-ga">Spring framework 3.1 release announcement</a> from Juergen Hoeller, lead of the Spring framework.  Think of this as an orienting landmark, the release equivalent of <EM>you are here</em> on a map. Read this, first.	  
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	 During the milestone and release candidate phases, the Spring developers were hard at work creating numerous new blogs detailing every <a href= "http://blog.springsource.org/category/spring/31/">exciting new feature  under the 3.1 tag</a>.
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 <LI> Want to use Spring? Already using Spring and want to upgrade? Need help convincing somebody? Point them to this video that details <a href= "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQp8lEp8uro&hd=1">how Spring has helped real developers accelerate their productivity.</a>
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	<a href = "http://www.infoq.com">InfoQ</a> has a news piece on the release that features an <a href="http://www.infoq.com/news/2011/12/spring31">interview with Spring framework engineer Chris Beams</a>.
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<LI>Cloud Foundry already supports the Spring 3.1 release as well as the upcoming Grails 2.0. Check out the <a href="http://blog.cloudfoundry.com/post/14179883461/cloud-foundry-ready-for-spring-3-1-and-grails-2-0">Cloud Foundry blog</a>. </li>
	
	<LI> If you want to get the inside scoop on the Spring 3.1 details, be sure to sign up for the January 19th webinar (<a href="https://vmwareevents.webex.com/vmwareevents/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=663415641">Europe</a>, <a href="https://vmwareevents.webex.com/vmwareevents/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=668718779">North America</a>). If you can't wait until then, you can watch the <a href= "http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD1178B9CCBB2A0AC&feature=plcp"> video introduction to Spring 3.1</a> from earlier this year that discusses the Spring framework during the M1 release.   
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