# Getting Started

### Reference Documentation

For further reference, please consider the following sections:

* [Official Gradle documentation](https://docs.gradle.org)
* [Spring Boot Gradle Plugin Reference Guide](https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/2.7.4/gradle-plugin/reference/html/)
* [Create an OCI image](https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/2.7.4/gradle-plugin/reference/html/#build-image)
* [Spring Data JPA](https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/2.7.4/reference/htmlsingle/#data.sql.jpa-and-spring-data)
* [Spring Web](https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/2.7.4/reference/htmlsingle/#web)
* [Spring Security](https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/2.7.4/reference/htmlsingle/#web.security)

### Guides

The following guides illustrate how to use some features concretely:

* [Accessing Data with JPA](https://spring.io/guides/gs/accessing-data-jpa/)
* [Building a RESTful Web Service](https://spring.io/guides/gs/rest-service/)
* [Serving Web Content with Spring MVC](https://spring.io/guides/gs/serving-web-content/)
* [Building REST services with Spring](https://spring.io/guides/tutorials/rest/)
* [Securing a Web Application](https://spring.io/guides/gs/securing-web/)
* [Spring Boot and OAuth2](https://spring.io/guides/tutorials/spring-boot-oauth2/)
* [Authenticating a User with LDAP](https://spring.io/guides/gs/authenticating-ldap/)

### Additional Links

These additional references should also help you:

* [Gradle Build Scans – insights for your project's build](https://scans.gradle.com#gradle)

