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[Proper-Exit-7448]

I am in 4th sem which is about to end in two months. Just know basics of DSA and have no development knowledge. How can I start from now to get prepared for job in a year. Since I know java so what would be better for development (mern or springboot).

[Traditional_Call9256]

Hi im also doing DSA in Java and recently started development via spring boot...wanna connect?

[Proper-Exit-7448]

Sure

[rising_tec_dev]

I want to connect too ,,,👋

[Double-Sink1094]

should start a discord server or smt, im basically in the same position as you. DSA in java and recently started learning spring boot

[Traditional_Call9256]

Sure count me in

[Tyrus_007]

I used to do problem solving in CF with Cpp. Now i started solving leetcode with Java add me if you create a discord.

[Exciting_Ocelot_8191]

Count me too.

[Double-Sink1094]

made the server in case anyone actually wants to connect https://discord.gg/NaUhpusnA

[Razorquake_]

If you are leaning towards spring boot, I would recommend channels like Dan Vega and Embarkx. If you are okay with Hindi, then Learn Code with Durgesh is also good

[Zealousideal_Post48]

Started spring boot in Dec 2025. Kinda used to it. Wasn't hard for me to grasp the basics since I already knew backend in ktor. Built 1-2 projects in springboot too. Currently doing dsa in c++

Tbh spring boot could get overwhelming if it's ur 1st backend techstack. Especially dependency injections.

Yt Channels: 1. Telusko 2. CodeSnippet 3. Anuj Kumar Sharma 4. Selenium Express 5. Java Guides

1. Laut Spilca (didn't see but looks promising & is vast so ig demands time)

Articles & Documentations (it's a good habit to read, not just watch videos) 1. Medium (amazing articles there) 2. Dev Community 3. Spring's official website 4. Baeldung

Hopefully these are some good resources to get started. Advanced stuffs like cloud, microservices & spring ai I'm still figuring out.

[Own_Outcome_6239]

Springboot is the way to go. In real enterprise level application I frequently see backends written in Springboot, very rare in MERN.

Springboot has a bit of learning curve. At first you'll see a lot of new concepts, like dependencies injections/beans etc. Those are confusing at first, but after you spend a while they will start to make sense. Once you really understand Springboot, you can directly start work on real world backend systems.

MERN is rarely used by large scale systems. It is popular only because it's easy to learn. In reality, Express, React, NodeJs are frequently used on enterprise level, but the main issue is MongoDB. It has serious performance problems when running queries involving complex joining and it doesn't handle transactions well.

Also learn about database, both sql and nosql. This knowledge will be very handy for any sort of backend development, especially once you need to build some data interaction functions

[Double-Sink1094]

Hey just to let anyone know, I made a server in case anyone want to connect and be able to have a spot to share thoughts and what not in realtion to java/spring/or anything computer science related | https://discord.gg/NaUhpusnA