spring-projects / spring-projects/spring-boot

Update getting started with start.spring.io instructions

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status: pending-design-work type: documentation
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Description

Our getting started documentation has a lot of details about installing Gradle and Maven. It would be nice if we also pointed to start.spring.io and showed that the generated project has the wrapper.

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Locate the getting started documentation and review its current installation instructions. Add a reference to start.spring.io and explain that generated projects include the wrapper; done when the guide covers this alongside Gradle and Maven.

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Assessment

Tech stack
java, spring-boot
Domain
documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
38/100

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