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Advanced Spring Boot Concepts that Every Java Developer Should Know
Spring Boot is a favorite among Java developers because it makes building applications so much easier. But once you’ve got the basics down, it’s time to dive deeper. Learning advanced concepts can help you write better code, solve complex problems, and make your applications more efficient and reliable.
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This guide will walk you through some of the most important advanced Spring Boot and Microservices concepts. We’ll use simple language and examples to make these topics easy to understand. Let’s get started!
1. Understanding Spring Boot Starters
Starters are pre-configured dependencies that make it easy to add a specific feature to your project. For example, if you want to work with a database, you just add the spring-boot-starter-data-jpa starter, and all the required libraries are included automatically.
They save you from manually finding and adding individual dependencies, which can be time-consuming and error-prone.
Example:
Here’s how you add a starter for web development in your pom.xml:
