Spring Boot is a framework that makes it easy to create Spring-based applications and services. It takes an opinionated approach to configuration that favors convention over configuration for quick setup. With Spring Boot, developers only need a build file, an embedded application server, and one Java class to get started with Spring. It aims to simplify Spring projects and make them lightweight and easy to build and run.

1. Spring Boot
A quick start overview

2. [About Me]
Roger Diller
Sr. Software Engineer
Flex Rental Solutions
@rogiller

3. What is Spring Boot?

4. A “bootiful" way to use Spring… :)

5. So Spring has always been a “helpful framework”…

6. Lots of utilities, wrappers, & abstractions
to help you get stuff done.

7. e.g. JDBCTemplate, Data,
Bean wiring, Transactions, etc
See https://spring.io/projects

8. But Spring has grown to be very large.
The new Java EE!? :)

9. Spring Boot solves this complexity
by giving you a dirt simple way to get
off the ground with Spring.

10. "In fact, one of the main things that
Spring Boot does is to get Spring out of
your way so you can get stuff done.”
- Spring Boot in Action

11. So really, what is Spring Boot?

12. Build file + embedded app server + one Java class

13. Convention over configuration.
A few annotations and you are off to the races.

14. Let’s Boot!
start.spring.io

15. Pretty cool, eh?!

16. With Spring Boot, who needs Node.js? :)

17. Just kidding, Node.js is cool (for some things)

18. If you are starting a new Spring app,
there is no good reason to NOT use it!

19. Lightweight, easy, and full Java/JVM ecosystem.

20. So that’s it.

21. Resources
My somewhat more in depth Spring Boot Demo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGDhkWc4gYA
Working app with DB access:
https://github.com/rogiller/spring-boot-world-demo

22. Thank You!