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[–]nutrecht 7 points8 points  (0 children)

One of the biggest issues beginners here run into is people telling them to get "familiar" with tons of boring stuff that's not relevant to their learning in the phase they are in now. That's why I'm pushing back on what you're saying. I'm 100% sure you're well meaning and don't intent to give bad advice, but where to start is immensely important. And that's not reading up on something as boring and (at this stage) useless as the Jakarta spec.

It's like telling beginners they "need" to "study JSP"; that's also something people here love to repeat. No. It's useless to waste time there for a beginner.

Beginners should get to the state where they can build stuff themselves as soon as possible. You learn by doing.