title: What's your "best practice" for the first Java EE Spring project?
body: <p>I'm currently trying to get into the Java EE development with the Spring framework. As I'm new to Spring, it is hard to imaging how a good running project should start off.</p>
  
  <p>Do you have any <em>best practices</em>, tipps or major <em>DO NOTs</em> for a starter? How did you start with Spring - big project or small tutorial-like applications? Which technology did you use right away: AOP, complex Hibernate...</p>