<ul data-eligibleForWebStory="true"><li>To create a Spring Boot project from scratch, visit start.spring.io.</li><li>Choose the project type (Maven or Gradle), language (Java, Kotlin, or Groovy), and Spring Boot version.</li><li>Fill in project metadata like group, artifact, etc.</li><li>Select packaging type as JAR and Java version matching your setup.</li><li>Add dependencies to your project from the right-hand section.</li><li>Generate the project which will download a .zip file containing your project.</li><li>Unzip the downloaded file and open it in your preferred IDE like IntelliJ IDEA, Eclipse, or VS Code.</li><li>Upon opening the project in your IDE, you will see a pom.xml file with project configuration.</li><li>Run the project in your IDE or use 'mvn spring-boot:run' command to start the Spring Boot app on http://localhost:8080.</li><li>By following these steps, you'll have a basic Spring Boot project ready to build REST APIs, connect to databases, and more.</li><li>Consider creating your first REST endpoint or setting up database connections using Spring Data JPA as the next steps.</li></ul>

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