Merge branch '4.0.x'

Closes gh-50147

Author: philwebb

documentation/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/antora/modules/tutorial/pages/first-application/index.adoc

@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ Doing so generates a new project structure so that you can xref:tutorial:first-a
 Check the https://github.com/spring-io/start.spring.io/blob/main/USING.adoc[start.spring.io user guide] for more details.
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+NOTE: This tutorial provides steps that you can follow to build your first Spring Boot application.
+You don't need to know Java, however, if you're the kind of person that prefers learning the fundamentals first, you might want to check out https://dev.java/learn/ before you begin.
+
 
 
 [[getting-started.first-application.prerequisites]]