What is Spring Boot? Autoconfigurations In-Depth

You can use this guide to get an in-depth understanding of what Spring Boot is, how its AutoConfigurations work and what the difference with the Spring Framework is.

(Editor’s note: At ~3750 words, you probably don’t want to try reading this on a mobile device. Bookmark it and come back later.)

Introduction

It looks like everyone and their grandma are using Spring Boot to build projects. But very few can answer the question: "What is Spring Boot?"

The short answer:

Spring Boot’s website offers the following answer: "Spring Boot takes an opinionated view of the Spring platform and third-party lib