Yes/No, depends on many factors IMHO. Mostly on the person/team that needs to build/use it.
We know nothing of OP's case so the best thing we can do is trying to answer his question instead of answering to go read some lengthy book.
OP might be in a team that needs to develop an API for a product that will be deployed to millions of people(I doubt it) or could be someone that just wants to know what is the current fashion to develop a CRUD application while learning a new stack that is up to date.
In the first case, you might want to learn more of the situation you are in and pick around that. In the second case, there is nothing wrong with just picking one and hacking away.
We know nothing of OP's case so the best thing we can do is trying to answer his question instead of answering to go read some lengthy book.
OP might be in a team that needs to develop an API for a product that will be deployed to millions of people(I doubt it) or could be someone that just wants to know what is the current fashion to develop a CRUD application while learning a new stack that is up to date.
In the first case, you might want to learn more of the situation you are in and pick around that. In the second case, there is nothing wrong with just picking one and hacking away.