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M. Nardone, C. ScarioniPro Spring Securityhttps://doi.org/10.1007/979-8-8688-0035-1_3

3. Setting up the Scene

Massimo Nardone1   and Carlo Scarioni2
(1)
HELSINKI, Finland
(2)
Surbiton, UK
 
This chapter guides you through the process of building your first simple Spring Security 6 project using the IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate Edition 2023.1.2. This involves the following steps.
  • Setting up the development environment

  • Creating a new Java web application project without Spring Security

  • Updating the project with Spring Security

  • Running the example

Let’s start with setting up the development environment.

Setting up the Development Environment

The following lists the ...

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