In this chapter you are going to install the Spring Boot CLI, learn more a little about it, and create your first Spring Boot application. You will learn how Spring Boot works internally so you have a better picture of this amazing technology.
You can create Spring Boot applications by using the Spring Boot Command Line Interface (CLI) or by using Maven, Gradle, and even Apache Ant. This chapter has step-by-step explanations on what needs to be done to set up your environment from the command line through using Spring Boot on an Integrated Development Environment (IDE). Let’s ...
