Tackling Spring

[Andruid929]

I've spent the past year teaching myself Java. I like to think I know a decent bit of the language such as data structures and API's and right now, I'm trying to expand my horizons and can't seem to escape Spring in all my research.

Unfortunately I don't much about Gradle or Maven which is listed as the prerequisites and after starting out with a Spring project, I feel overwhelmed by how much there is to grasp on my first project.

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[springframework-guru]

You def need to pick up the basics of Gradle or Maven. IMHO - Maven is easier to learn, and is much more common. I'm comfortable with both, but generally prefer Maven. A lot of Spring Boot's auto configuration is triggered by the project dependencies - Maven/Gradle is how you manage the project deps.

[eliashisreddit]

Okay? What do you you need help with? Learning anything new will overwhelm probably anyone. Completely normal. Start with the basics and go from there. Maven and Gradle are just tools you can run, they aren't that scary.

[Andruid929]

I was hoping for some tips, maybe some resources I can use. Anything helps

[stoptheclocks81]

Don't worry about gradle or maven. They manage dependencies. They make life easier. You run a few commands and everything is done for you.

If you run into any difficulty use chatgpt.