I\'m trying to build the front-end part of a project with Angular and a basic REST backend that also handles security.
I have very basic knowledge of Spring but haven\'t
For BackEnd - Learn basic simple spring boot first and try with sample project..
For Frontend - Using Grunt and Yoeman, you can create angular project..
Have a look at this site..
https://www.sitepoint.com/kickstart-your-angularjs-development-with-yeoman-grunt-and-bower/
Configure backend port in gruntfile.js.. Now You can start working on both front end and backend independently..