Spring beginner level

[Valentinor]

To make it clear from the start, I just started learning Spring. So, at the lowest level, using Spring means: - Making a class for the object you are working with, for example Person (String name, String age), I know I should use int for age, but I haven't seen yet examples with different data types then String, but I'll get there. - Having one or more XML files with data (beans from what I've read), for example People.xml:

- Using those values in a method, for example in main:

  ApplicationContext context = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("People.xml");
  Person person1 = (Person) context.getBean("person1");
  System.out.println(person1.toString());

  Person person2 = (Person) context.getBean("person2");
  System.out.println(person2.toString());

Is this one of the simplest things you can do with Spring? I for one, I'm understanding this kind of stuff a lot easier reading some examples, but most Spring tutorials go way too deep in theory and have too few practical examples. If this is the "base", going forward, what should I look at, what will help me understand more practical uses for Spring?