Hey all :wave: I'm on the hunt for a solid cours...

# spring

[Liam Flanagan]

Hey all 👋

I'm on the hunt for a solid course or training resource that covers Kotlin + Spring Boot + Gradle all together, ideally something that goes beyond the basics.

Most of the Spring Boot material out there is very Java + Maven-centric, Kotlin tutorials tend to focus on Android, and Gradle… well, Gradle is its own beast 😅. Anything that does combine all three usually stops at the level of a Spring Initializr-generated project and doesn’t go much deeper.

As someone new to all three technologies, I’m finding it tricky to learn them properly without having to jump through multiple layers of abstraction and piece things together from different ecosystems. Is there really no comprehensive resource that teaches how to use all of them in one cohesive way?

I’ve searched through the kotlin slack archives and found a few older recommendations (mostly from a year or more ago), but they seem to have the same limitations. Hoping there might be some newer materials or hidden gems I’ve missed 🤞

I'm especially looking for anything that helps set up a project for long-term success; things like structure, best practices, conventions, and how to avoid common pitfalls early on. Whether it's a course, blog post, video, GitHub repo, or even just a well-documented example project, I'd really appreciate any pointers.

Thanks in advance 🙏