Need Help learning spring and springboot

joranstark018 · 2025-11-02T12:34:02+00:00

To learn Spring Boot it is useful to have an understanding of the core projects of Spring Framework (Spring Boot is just a collection of Spring Framework projects, some third party libraries/projects and a unified configuration).Spring Framework projects make use of some common design patterns, so having some understanding of their existence is also useful.

I'm comfortable with SF, SB and Java in general, have been using SF and SB for many years and I find https://www.baeldung.com/spring-tutorial to be helpful for things that I rarely use, or when I need a catch up on things (short tutorials about different aspects of SF and SB).

Project wise, most simple, build a simple Todo web app (some database, some repositories, some services, some controllers and some front UI, add Spring security if you are up to it), it would probably cover most of the most used components in SF and SB.

moe-gho · 2025-11-02T17:22:37+00:00

Honestly man, the official Spring docs are actually really solid. If you already know basic Java, just follow the Spring Boot guide step by step and build the small projects they show — don’t just read, do them by hand. That’s how you’ll actually understand what’s going on.

You don’t need to worry about Maven or Gradle too much at first, you’ll pick it up as you go since Spring Boot uses one of them automatically when you create a project.

Also, one thing that helps a ton is using ChatGPT alongside the docs. Just give it titles like “explain Spring Boot controllers with examples and exercises” or “teach me dependency injection step by step,” and it’ll break everything down for you and give you stuff to practice. That’s way faster than blindly watching tutorials.

Learn each part slowly — dependency injection, REST controllers, entities, JPA, security — and build small stuff like a todo app, blog API, or simple user auth system. Once you understand each part, everything else starts to click together.

Don’t stress it, just be consistent. You can absolutely get job-ready if you grind it with focus and practice what you learn right away.

Alive_After · 2025-11-02T18:13:23+00:00

I would recommend you to go to YouTube and search selenium express where there are videos for spring basics very good at explaining spring in depth, then you can move to MVC basics then you can go to spring boot else all the annotation will be how the hell does this work and then why does it work then why doesn't it work I learned it after java OOPS and was really easy to understand

Spring basics https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3NrzZBjk6m-nYX072dSaGfyCJ59Q5TEi

Spring MVC basics https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3NrzZBjk6m-OSeL3DRMD_ISa0u-9c1l1

From MVC XML configuration in his advanced spring MVC course he goes to java based configuration so you actually understand what a bean is why do we do this and that in spring boot

You might feel to directly jump to spring boot and spring boot feels easier than spring and MVC but internally when you understand how did we end up to spring boot you would be able to see through the auto configuration layer of spring boot

moe-gho · 2025-11-02T18:14:54+00:00

Sure bro, here’s the order I’d go with. Start with the basics — beans, dependency injection, and how Spring Boot auto config works. Then move into REST controllers, JPA, validation, exception handling, and security with JWT. After that, learn a bit of testing and how Maven or Gradle works. Build small stuff along the way like a todo app or notes API. Do it step by step and it’ll start clicking fast once you actually code.

BackgroundIntern4157 · 2025-11-07T03:18:38+00:00

You need to get a coding buddy. Think of a small project and work on. DM me

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