Spring Quick Reference Guide: A Pocket Handbook for Spring Framework, Spring Boot, and More

© Adam L. Davis 2020

A. L. DavisSpring Quick Reference Guidehttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6144-6_15

15. Spring Boot

Adam L. Davis¹ 

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Oviedo, FL, USA

 

Spring Boot enables developer productivity by removing the need for tons of boilerplate associated with building a Spring application. It uses conventions and “starter” dependencies, in addition to plain old Spring features like annotation scanning, to greatly simplify developing applications.

At the same time, it is very flexible and gives the developer a lot of agency in deciding what to include, and over time you can modify the configuration as needed.

Introduction to Spring Boot

Spring Boot greatly simplifies creating a Spring-based application or microservice. It simplifies the life of software ...