Core Spring Boot - Complete Guide
1. Introduction to Spring Boot
Spring Boot is a framework that simplifies Spring application development by providing
auto-configuration, embedded servers, and production-ready features.
1 Eliminates complex XML configurations
2 Provides embedded servers like Tomcat
3 Production-ready features (Actuator)
4 Opinionated defaults
2. Key Features
1 Auto Configuration
2 Spring Boot Starters
3 Embedded Servers
4 Spring Boot Actuator
5 Externalized Configuration
3. Project Structure
Typical structure of a Spring Boot application:
1 src/main/java - Application code
2 src/main/resources - Configuration files
3 [Link] / [Link]
4 [Link] / [Link]
4. Auto Configuration
Spring Boot automatically configures beans based on dependencies present in classpath.
5. Spring Boot Starters
Starters are dependency descriptors that simplify dependency management.
1 spring-boot-starter-web
2 spring-boot-starter-data-jpa
3 spring-boot-starter-security
6. Application Properties
Configuration can be defined in [Link] or [Link].
1 [Link]=8080
2 [Link]=jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/db
3 [Link]-auto=update
7. Dependency Injection
Spring Boot uses Dependency Injection to manage objects.
1 @Component
2 @Service
3 @Repository
4 @Autowired
8. REST Controller
Used to create REST APIs.
1 @RestController
2 @RequestMapping
3 @GetMapping
4 @PostMapping
9. Spring Boot Lifecycle
1 Application Start
2 Context Initialization
3 Bean Creation
4 Application Ready
10. Spring Boot Actuator
Provides monitoring and management endpoints.
1 /actuator/health
2 /actuator/info
3 /actuator/metrics
11. Advantages
1 Rapid Development
2 Microservice Friendly
3 Minimal Configuration
4 Easy Deployment