# spring-attic/spring-data-book

Spring Data - The Definitive Guide - Modern Data Access for Enterprise Java Developers

Repository: https://github.com/spring-attic/spring-data-book
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/spring-data-book
Language: Java
License Family: other
Archived: true
Last push: 2023-10-26T16:36:21+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5227, "days_push": 1042, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1380, forks 1116 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:33.828471+00:00)

## What it is
The source repository for 'Spring Data - The Definitive Guide', a book on modern data access for enterprise Java developers using Spring Data. It is hosted in the Spring Attic and is no longer actively maintained by VMware.

## Use cases
- learn Spring Data for enterprise Java data access
- understand Spring Data repositories and queries
- find examples of Spring Data usage in Java
- reference guide for modern data access in Spring
- study Spring Data JPA, JDBC, and NoSQL modules

## When to choose
- you want a comprehensive written guide to Spring Data
- you are an enterprise Java developer learning data access with Spring
- you prefer book-style documentation with examples

## When to avoid
- you need actively maintained documentation for current Spring Data versions
- you want runnable production code rather than book content
- you need support or updates from the maintainers

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: abandoned
- function: documentation, database
- domain: databases, developer-tools, tutorials
- platform: jvm
- tags: spring-data, book, enterprise-java, spring

## Member repositories
- spring-attic/spring-data-book (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:33.828471+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:40:16.331521+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/spring-attic/spring-data-book (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:33.828471+00:00, sha 0379ab1f2952)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.