Welcome to the Spring Boot Getting Started guide! This tutorial will walk you through creating a simple Spring Boot application and deploying it. 🌐

What is Spring Boot? 📚

Spring Boot is a framework that simplifies building microservices and REST APIs with Java. It provides default configurations and embedded servers (like Tomcat) to reduce boilerplate code. 🌱

Step-by-Step Guide 🧰

  1. Set Up Project
    Use Spring Initializr to generate a project structure.

    Spring Initializr
  2. Add Dependencies
    Include Spring Web and Spring Data JPA in your pom.xml file.

    Maven
  3. Create REST API
    Define a controller class with @RestController and @GetMapping annotations.
    Example:

    @RestController
    public class HelloController {
        @GetMapping("/hello")
        public String sayHello() {
            return "Welcome to Spring Boot!";
        }
    }
    
  4. Configure Database
    Set up application.properties for MySQL or PostgreSQL.

    spring.datasource.url=jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/mydb
    spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto=update
    
  5. Run and Deploy
    Use mvn spring-boot:run to start the app. Deploy via Docker or cloud platforms like AWS.

    Docker

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Happy coding! 🌟

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