Revised README

Author: poutsma

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-Spring Scala
-============
+# Spring Scala
+
+The goal of Spring Scala is to make it easier to use the Spring framework in Scala.
+
+Currently, the two main areas of focus are:
+
+* Wiring up Scala classes as Spring Beans, both in traditional [XML](https://github.com/SpringSource/spring-scala/wiki/Defining-Scala-Beans-in-Spring-XML) as well as [Scala](https://github.com/SpringSource/spring-scala/wiki/Functional-Bean-Configuration)
+* Provide [Scala-friendly](https://github.com/SpringSource/spring-scala/wiki/Using-Spring-Templates-in-Scala) wrappers for the Spring templates
+
+For more information, please refer to the [documentation on the wiki](https://github.com/SpringSource/spring-scala/wiki)
+
+## Installation
+
+As of writing this, there are no binaries to download.
+We plan to release a first milestone soon.
+
+## Building
+
+Spring Scala is currently using Maven, but a Gradle build is being worked on.
+For the moment, you can build Spring Scala as follows:
+
+    git clone [email protected]:SpringSource/spring-scala.git
+    cd spring-scala
+    mvn install
+
+## Documentation
+
+You can find out more information about this project on the [wiki](https://github.com/SpringSource/spring-scala/wiki)
+
+## Issue Tracking
+
+TBA
+
+## License
+
+Spring Scala is [Apache 2.0 licensed](http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html).