title: How can I get started with Spring Batch?
body: <p>I'm trying to learn <a href="http://static.springsource.org/spring-batch/index.html" rel="noreferrer">Spring Batch</a>, but the <a href="http://static.springsource.org/spring-batch/getting-started.html" rel="noreferrer">startup guide</a> is very confusing.  Comments like </p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>You can get a pretty good idea about
    how to set up a job by examining the
    unit tests in the
    org.springframework.batch.sample
    package (in src/main/java) and the
    configuration in
    src/main/resources/jobs.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>aren't exactly helpful.
  Also I find the Sample project very complicated (17 non-empty Namespaces with 109 classes)!  Is there a simpler place to get started with Spring Batch? </p>