Spring Boot –TUTORIAL POINT (WITH APPROVED RATIONALES)

Spring Boot - Introduction Spring Boot is an open source Java-based framework used to create a micro Service. It is developed by Pivotal Team and is used to build stand-alone and production ready spring applications. This chapter will give you an introduction to Spring Boot and familiarizes you with its basic concepts. What is Micro Service? Micro Service is an architecture that allows the developers to develop and deploy services independently. Each service running has its own process and this achieves the lightweight model to support business applications. Advantages Micro services offers the following advantages to its developers − Easy deployment Simple scalability Compatible with Containers Minimum configuration Lesser production time What is Spring Boot? Spring Boot provides a good platform for Java developers to develop a stand-alone and productiongrade spring application that you can just run. You can get started with minimum configurations without the need for an entire Spring configuration setup. Advantages Spring Boot offers the following advantages to its developers − Easy to understand and develop spring applications Increases productivity Reduces the development time Goals Spring Boot is designed with the following goals − To avoid complex XML configuration in Spring To develop a production ready Spring applications in an easier way To reduce the development time and run the application independently Offer an easier way of getting started with the application Why Spring Boot? You can choose Spring Boot because of the features and benefits it offers as given here − It provides a flexible way to configure Java Beans, XML configurations, and Database Transactions. It provides a powerful batch processing and manages REST endpoints. In Spring Boot, everything is auto configured; no manual configurations are needed. It offers annotation-based spring application Eases dependency management It includes Embedded Servlet Container