How much time is enough/expected to learn a new framework for a new project

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I've recently had a project dropped in my lap in Java EE with Struts 2 and Hibernate. How long I have hasn't been clearly specified so I wanted to see what my peers might think.

I am primairly a C# .NET developer just as a bonus piece of info. I've 1 year of experience in total alongside 2 professional title diplomas (think trade school but for strictly programming and system design) at the level of a Bachelor's degree that I acquired after preparing a body of work based on a realized project that has to be presented in front of a jury. (I live in France)

5dd4Yhgv3H6luBPjBN · Accepted Answer

Not what you asked, but hopefully saves you some unhappiness: A lot of your efforts while learning existing code and its frameworks are invisible. A key CYA/personal risk mitigation will be transparency about what you're actually doing each week/every few days, ideally in emails, docs or other artifacts you can refer to at review time.
(This can be a helpful habit for other reasons, eg being able to search through what you learned when you need to refer back for any other reasons, too.)

6ym891ukphg5xkq · Answer

Context is king here, depends on what you're trying to do with Java EE, Struts 2, and Hibernate. If it's just get it up and running to the equivalent of a "Hello World" then perhaps not even a day. But if you're trying to learn the ins and outs of the framework and have some sort of deliverable well that can be some days to maybe even weeks

How much time is enough/expected to learn a new framework for a new project

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