Java Spring Framework (Spring Framework) is a popular, open source, enterprise-level framework for creating standalone, production-grade applications that run on the Java Virtual Machine (JVM). Java Spring Boot (Spring Boot) is a tool that makes developing web application and microservices with Spring Framework faster and easier through three core capabilities:
- Autoconfiguration
- An opinionated approach to configuration
- The ability to create standalone applications
- It provides a flexible way to configure Java Beans, XML configurations, and Database Transactions. It provides a powerful batch processing and manages REST endpoints.
- In Spring Boot, everything is auto configured; no manual configurations are needed. It offers annotation-based spring application .Eases dependency management .It includes Embedded Servlet Container
ADVANTAGES OF SPRING BOOT
- It reduces lots of development time and increases productivity.
- It avoids writing lots of boilerplate Code, Annotations and XML Configuration.
- It is very easy to integrate Spring Boot Application with its Spring Ecosystem like Spring JDBC, Spring ORM, Spring Data, Spring Security etc.
