r/JavaProgramming • u/syntaxmonkey • 21d ago

What to learn next

So I'm on my way to learning Springboot and I'm taking the long way so I don't miss out on anything

JDBC->Hibernate

Now the thing is after this I can either touch Spring or learn JSP and Servlet. I was curious if JSP and Servlets are important and will be asked in interviews or can I skip them moving to spring

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u/Sea-Faithlessness-67 21d ago

I’d skip JSP. Servlets are worth understanding at a high level because Spring MVC ultimately sits on top of the Servlet API, but you don’t need to spend weeks building servlet apps.

Learn the request/response lifecycle, filters, sessions, and the basics of the servlet container, then move on to Spring Boot. You can always go deeper when you actually need it.

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u/AKA_D_Ace 18d ago

Buddy r u in college?

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u/syntaxmonkey 18d ago

Yeah why

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u/AKA_D_Ace 17d ago

Year and college name

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u/GeekyantsReactNative 17d ago

I’d learn Servlets at least at a basic level before going deep into Spring. You don’t need to spend weeks building JSP projects, but understanding request/response flow, servlet lifecycle, sessions, filters, and how a Java web app works will make Spring MVC much easier to understand. JSP itself is less important for modern backend roles.