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Document How to Configure Spring Security in Eclipse, IntelliJ, and VSCode

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Description

Some users are having a hard time configuring their environment to work with the Spring Security codebase.

We should review and improve the CONTRIBUTING doc in order to avoid contributors wasting time with stuff like formatting, imports, etc.

See:

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by reading the CONTRIBUTING document and the linked comment in issue #11073 to identify the current setup guidance. Document configuration steps for Eclipse, IntelliJ, and VSCode, including formatting and imports, so contributors can prepare each environment without the reported setup difficulties.

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Assessment

Tech stack
java, spring, vscode
Domain
developer-experience, documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
Half a day
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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