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ifndef::java_version[:java_version: 1.8]

* About 15 minutes
* A favorite text editor or IDE
* http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html[JDK {java_version}] or later
* http://www.gradle.org/downloads[Gradle 4+] or http://maven.apache.org/download.cgi[Maven 3.2+]
* You can also import the code straight into your IDE:
** link:/guides/gs/sts[Spring Tool Suite (STS)]
** link:/guides/gs/intellij-idea/[IntelliJ IDEA]