Let’s Create a Spring Boot Project

Starting a Spring Boot project is like ordering a pizza—you pick your toppings (dependencies), crust (settings), and let the oven (Spring Initializr) handle the rest. No coding required yet! Here’s how to spin up a project in seconds.

📄️ Spring Initializr

Head to Spring Initializr, the official Spring Boot project generator (honorable mention to Bootify, interesting alternative).

📄️ Run the Application

1. Open IntelliJ IDEA → File → Open → Select the unzipped project folder.

📄️ Creating Your First Endpoint

Finally, let’s get our hands dirty. We’ll create a simple endpoint that returns a user//localhost