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Spring Boot Project Setup

April 5, 2026

Complete Spring Boot Setup

Production-ready framework with auto-configuration and embedded servers.

Key Features

  • Auto-configuration of Spring features
  • Embedded Tomcat/Jetty/Undertow
  • Starter dependency management
  • Actuator production endpoints

Project Creation

spring init --dependencies=web,data-jpa --build=gradle --java-version=17 myapp

Configuration

  • application.yml multi-profile support
  • spring-boot-devtools hot reload
  • logging.level.root=INFO