From PHP/JQuery 2008-2010 to SpringBoot/Alpine Js 2023

What is this about?

I will try to keep this page to document my journey from PHP/JQuery to SpringBoot/Alpine JS.

Some background around my php / jquery ca. 2008-2010

• Mostly coming from web development with PHP and JQuery (2008-2010)
• Lots of $.ajax calls, lots of PHP, lots of HTML, lots of CSS
• no frameworks, no libraries, no nothing. mainly company specific code
• no tests, no CI/CD, no nothing. just code and deploy
• built mutiple CRM systems, for different companies and cliental

2023-now

• I will try to document my journey from PHP/JQuery to SpringBoot/Alpine JS
• This will be more or less a changelog of my journey
• went throuh the SpringBoot tutorial
• went throuh the Alpine JS tutorial
• the next step will be to build a small project with SpringBoot/Alpine JS
• I will try to document my journey here:
  • build a landing page with a login form (preferably use an OAuath2 provider like google)
  • build a small CRUD application with SpringBoot/Alpine JS
    • create a database schema
    • create a REST API
    • create a frontend
    • create a CI/CD pipeline