Spring Python is an extension of the Java-based Spring Framework and Spring Security Framework, targeted for Python. It is not a straight port, but instead an extension of the same concepts that need solutions applied in Python.

This document provides a reference guide to Spring's features. Since this document is still to be considered very much work-in-progress, if you have any requests or comments, please post them on the user mailing list or on the Spring Python support forums.

	What we mean by "Spring Java"
	Throughout this documentation, the term Spring Java is used on occasion as shorthand for The Spring Framework, referring to the original, java-based framework.

Before we go on, a few words of gratitude are due to the SpringSource team for putting together a framework for writing this reference documentation.