From the course: Complete Guide to Spring MVC

Start from scratch vs. skipping the basics - Spring Tutorial

From the course: Complete Guide to Spring MVC

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Start from scratch vs. skipping the basics

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- [Narrator] Start from scratch versus skipping the basics. For beginners, starting from scratch is generally recommended. While it takes more time, the benefits of a strong foundation outweigh the initial effort. You'll build a better understanding of Spring MVC's core concepts, which will prove valuable in the long run. After completing the example for this course, when you're building your own projects, here are some additional factors to consider. One, the complexity of the project. This project that we're going to do is relatively simple, so skipping the basics is okay if you want to go fast. However, for more complex projects, a solid grasp of the fundamentals is crucial, and I suggest you thoroughly complete the initial setup. Second, being previous experience. If you have prior experience with Java web development frameworks or Spring Boot, skipping the basics is more than okay for you. However, it's still viable to understand the specific configuration of your projects. And the next steps. I'm going to show you two options for starting your build. I encourage you to view both. Again, this is a simple example we're going to walk through, so it won't take a ton of time for you to watch both. For starting from scratch. This means we will show the process of putting together the project structure, dependencies, configuration and component interactions. And for skipping the basics, this means we will use pre-built components, and jump straight into the core development aspects of our project.

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