Setting Up the Development Environment

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Setting Up Your Tools

To develop Spring Boot applications, you need several tools installed on your machine:

JDK 17 or higher: Spring Boot 3 requires at least Java 17.
IDE: IntelliJ IDEA (Recommended), Eclipse, or VS Code.
Build Tool: Maven or Gradle.

Installation Steps:

Download and install the JDK.
Set the JAVA_HOME environment variable.
Install IntelliJ IDEA Community or Ultimate edition.