Introduction to Spring Boot

So, we are now familiar with Spring, especially with Spring DI and AOP. Spring Boot makes a developer's life easier. So far, we've seen how to perform various operations just by using POJO classes and Spring configurations. What would be your reaction if I tell you that we can even minimize this configuration? Will you be shocked? Then brace yourself, because it's true. With Spring Boot, you can get your code ready with minimal configuration and in just a few steps.

So, what is Spring Boot? It is a Spring module that provides RAD (Rapid application development) features to the Spring Framework. It is designed to simplify the bootstrapping and development of new Spring applications. The framework takes an opinionated approach to configuration, freeing developers from the requirement to define boilerplate configurations, further reducing your development time.

So, let's get started. If you are using the IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate edition, you can follow these steps to...