Spring Framework

Spring Boot is a project within the Spring ecosystem that simplifies the configuration and deployment of Spring applications.

Spring Boot is an abstraction layer on top of the Spring Framework that imposes more opinions on the application configuration, and in turn eliminates a lot of boilerplate code and configuration that Spring Framework requires when used directly.

The main goal of the Spring Boot project is to minimize configuration time, enabling developers to more quickly launch prototypes and production-grade applications. Many of the repetitive tasks involved in application setup, such as dependency management and the configuration of embedded servers like Tomcat or Jetty, are more automated by Spring Boot.

Spring Boot is integrated with many other components of the Spring ecosystem, including Spring Data and Spring MVC.

Spring Initializer is an online tool that generates a Spring Boot project template based on the user’s selections.