'Spring Boot' is an open source Java-based spring framework, used to create stand-alone and production ready spring applications.
It is developed by Pivotal Team.
Also, Spring Boot contains a comprehensive infrastructure support for developing a micro service and enables you to develop enterprise-ready applications that you can “just run”.
This tutorial is designed for Java developers to understand and develop production-ready spring applications with minimum configurations.
It explores major features of Spring Boot such as Starters, Auto-configuration, Beans, Actuator and more.
Prerequisites:
This tutorial is written for readers who have a prior experience of Java, Spring, Maven, and Gradle.
You can easily understand the concepts of Spring Boot if you have knowledge on these concepts.
It would be an additional advantage if you have an idea about writing a RESTful Web Service.
If you are a beginner, we suggest you to go through tutorials related to these concepts before you start with Spring Boot.