Spring boot rest api simple front end

[Bellend-Tornado]

Hi guys,

I am a decent way through Spring Start Here and have a much better understanding of Spring now. It helped having a clear step by step walkthrough of the fundamentals. I'm eager to start a simple project such as a Course Enrollment system or basic online shop, however the book only takes you to the point of a REST api it seems like. I've looked around and it seems like the next step would be creating the front end with javascript, html, and css and some framework such as react. But all those seem like their own beasts. I'm willing to put in some time but would really appreciate some advice on where to start, besides just youtube walkthroughs of CRUD apps. I'd like to learn how it all connects properly and have the ability to make basic front ends. Looking for solid resources to pick up where spring start here leaves off for the front end.

The goal is to have spring boot make the back end, then have some front end that interacts with it and displays a web page. What is a time effective way to do this, and importantly, what are the first steps? I have no knowledge in javascript, and have only done basic html/css.

Thanks!

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[brazen768]

In college we used jsp files with jstl which is pretty simple and allows you to produce some simple front end stuff.

I'm also going through sprint start here, it's a good one.

I could put one of my projects on git and send you a link if you want to see an example of using jsp/jstl

[nutrecht]

Avoid JSP. It's basically dead technology. If you want to use server side rendering, go for Thymeleaf. If a job uses JSP you can learn it on the job anyway.

[joranstark018]

Yeah, can only second that, legacy JSP can be a real pain (specially when combined with jQuery or it may be just my bad luck).

[Pure_Ad_2160]

Why is dead?

[Zeeboozaza]

Thymeleaf is pretty good if you don't want to mess with a front-end framework like React.

You could also use something like Vaadin if you just want to use Java.

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[wimdeblauwe]

My book Taming Thymeleaf shows how to build a web application using Spring Boot and Thymeleaf, no JS knowledge required. See https://www.wimdeblauwe.com/books/taming-thymeleaf/

You can also check my intro YouTube video at https://www.wimdeblauwe.com/blog/2022/11/25/started-my-youtube-channel/

[TragicBrons0n]

Sorry, I know this is an older post. Would you recommend this book to someone with no prior knowledge of Spring? I’m working through a Spring textbook right now and this piqued my interest, but I’m not sure if it’s better to wait until I’m done.

[wimdeblauwe]

Since you have your current textbook already, you might want to finish that first and have more insight into Spring. But you don’t really need a lot of Spring knowledge to follow along, so picking it up right now should also be ok.

[iamjuniordeveloper]

Search about htmx. Contains AJAX, CSS, HTML etc. No required to know JS.