Pardon the pun.  I was doing some research on the Spring Framework when I found these links.  Yes they are 5 years old but it still got me thinking in Spring.

The Spring series, Part 1: Introduction to the Spring framework

The Spring series, Part 2: When Hibernate meets Spring

The Spring series, Part 3: Swing into Spring MVC

The Spring series, Part 4: 1-2-3 messaging with Spring JMS