additionalBasics.md

Basics important i will be using in my full stack development

Thing What It Is Why It Matters
Dependency External library your project needs , So you don’t reinvent the wheel YAML (.yml) , Config/settings file , Clean way to tell Spring how to behave JSON (.json) , Data format used in APIs , Backend ↔ Frontend communication

• MAVEN AND GRADLE. Both Maven and Gradle help manage:
  1. 📦 Dependencies – Libraries your project needs (like Spring Boot, MySQL connector, etc.)
  2. 🛠️ Build process – Compiling, testing, packaging, and deploying your code.
  3. 🔁 Project structure and lifecycle – Defining how your app should behave in different phases (e.g., compile, test, package, deploy).
  4. ✅ Reproducibility – So your app builds the same way every time, for every developer or server.

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• Notes by naveen : MAVEN
  1. we need lots of dependencies when creating project (jar files)
  2. we need to download manually and use them .
  3. but problem is , we need to update them manually , and match them .
  4. So , maven helps get those jar files.
  5. it has pom xml file ,
  6. groupID : should be unique for myself .
  7. artifactid.