How I learned Spring Boot

Published Dec 23, 2018

About me

I am a software engineer.

Why I wanted to learn Spring Boot

Spring Boot is one of the most used frameworks in the industry.
It has a wide community. Plus it's a Java framework, and Java is one of the most used languages globally.
It has a lot of boilerplate code ready for you to use with the ability to override already implemented code.
It saves time and keeps the project structured.

How I approached learning Spring Boot

I first started with a book called Spring Boot in a nutshell.
Then I implemented a simple project.
Then I started to create usecases similar to real world problems.
Then, I started modifying existing code, by cloning repositories from github and trying to change things and see what happens .

Challenges I faced

The most notable challenge I faced was that there's a lot of different implementation for the same thing,
As a fresh learner you can't have the experience to judge which of them is the most suitable for your case.
Unit testing was a challenge too, there was no proper documentation about it.

Key takeaways

I discovered that the fastest way to learn something is to start from an existing code as an example,
That's why I highly recommend using code from github.