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Notes on any Spring concepts that I should document

<aside> <img src="/icons/fabric-swatch_red.svg" alt="/icons/fabric-swatch_red.svg" width="40px" /> My impression is that IoC frameworks in other tech stacks are based on Spring's design or at least inspired by it, so an understanding of this pattern is transferable, which makes you even more hirable.

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• [ ] the concept of Inversion of Control which is at the core of the framework
• [ ] https://github.com/seanjgildea/CoreSpring5CertificationGuide studyguide
• [ ] spring boot starter modules (what is it, different types.. etc?) When asked which starter module you would go for or like the most say : I'd probably go with "the one that does the job at hand" then go into detail on a few libs and when I'd use them.

I think the intention behind the question is to find out what the candidate has used before, to get a feeling for his experience in both the libraries themselves and what fields he has been involved with. It's kind of like "what professional accomplishments are you most proud of", and it's equally weird in not just straightforwardly asking that.

list some library, its pros and cons, which makes clear what factors you see when evaluating something like this, an alternative library and contrast them according to those factors. That should be the full "tool at hand" process where you weigh your requirements against the issue at hand.

• [ ] https://www.baeldung.com/ (this is just a spring focused resource)
• [ ] https://www.reddit.com/r/springsource/comments/v3kb3x/best_intermediate_spring_course/
• [ ] MVP pattern vs MVC pattern (what even are those)
• [ ] https://www.reddit.com/r/java/comments/w4abyg/is_there_a_reason_to_not_use_spring_data_jpa_and/

IoC , Autowired & Dependency Injection Constructor vs Setter Injection