Essential Resources to Master the Technologies Behind a Mall Project

Recommended Resources

IDEA

IntelliJ‑IDEA Tutorial: https://github.com/judasn/IntelliJ-IDEA-Tutorial

Comprehensive IDEA guide covering many practical tips.

Spring

Spring in Action (4th Edition): https://book.douban.com/subject/26767354/

A classic, best‑selling guide that provides a solid overall understanding of Spring.

SpringBoot

Spring Boot in Action: https://book.douban.com/subject/26857423/

An introductory book of about 200 pages; the Groovy and Grails chapters can be skipped.

MyBatis

MyBatis From Beginner to Expert: https://book.douban.com/subject/27074809/

A solid MyBatis starter written by the creator of the PageHelper plugin, useful as a reference.

MySQL

Deep Dive into MySQL: https://book.douban.com/subject/25817684/

Written by a NetEase DBA; developers should focus on the basics, development, and optimization sections.

Linux

Progressive Linux (2nd Edition): https://book.douban.com/subject/26758194/

Authored by a South African developer; read the basic knowledge and server setup chapters for production deployment.

Elasticsearch

Elasticsearch Definitive Guide: https://www.elastic.co/guide/cn/elasticsearch/guide/current/index.html

Official Chinese material based on Elasticsearch 2.4.x; still usable despite being slightly outdated.

Elasticsearch Technical Analysis and Practice: https://book.douban.com/subject/26967826/

An alternative if the previous guide feels too old.

MongoDB

MongoDB in Action (2nd Edition): https://book.douban.com/subject/27061123/

Excellent practical book written by a MongoDB driver contributor.

Docker

Spring Cloud and Docker Microservice Architecture in Practice: https://book.douban.com/subject/27028228/

Only the Docker portion is needed for production deployment.

Conclusion

If you study the recommended materials or already have a solid foundation in these topics, learning the mall project will be much smoother.

Recommended Reading

Mall Architecture and Feature Overview