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Felipe GutierrezPro Spring Boot 2https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3676-5_2

2. Introduction to Spring Boot

Felipe Gutierrez1 
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Albuquerque, NM, USA
 

In the previous chapter, I showed you what the Spring Framework is, some of its main features (such as the implementation of the dependency injection design pattern), and how to use it (by creating a simple web/data application and deploy it to a Tomcat server). I also showed you every step needed in creating Spring applications (e.g., the configuration options to add the various XML files, and how to run the app).

In this chapter, I show you what Spring Boot is—its main components, how to use it to create Spring applications, and how to run or deploy it. It’s a more simplified ...

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