Description
Summary
A developer-focused guide to writing applications the use of Spring Boot. You can discover ways to bypass the tedious configuration steps so as to concentrate on your application’s behavior.
Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications.
About the Technology
The Spring Framework simplifies enterprise Java development, but it does require quite a lot of tedious configuration work. Spring Boot radically streamlines spinning up a Spring application. You get automatic configuration and a model with established conventions for build-time and runtime dependencies. You also get a handy command-line interface you’ll use to write scripts in Groovy. Developers who use Spring Boot steadily say that they are able to’t consider going back to hand configuring their applications.
About the Book
Spring Boot in Action is a developer-focused guide to writing applications the use of Spring Boot. In it, You can discover ways to bypass configuration steps so you’ll focus on your application’s behavior. Spring expert Craig Walls uses interesting and practical examples to teach you both how to use the default settings effectively and how to override and customize Spring Boot for your unique environment. Along the way, You can pick up insights from Craig’s years of Spring development experience.
What’s Inside
- Develop Spring apps more efficiently
- Minimal to no configuration
- Runtime metrics with the Actuator
- Covers Spring Boot 1.3
About the Reader
Written for readers familiar with the Spring Framework.
About the Author
Craig Walls is a software developer, writer of the popular book Spring in Action, Fourth Edition, and a frequent speaker at conferences.
Table of Contents
- Bootstarting Spring
- Developing your first Spring Boot application
- Customizing configuration
- Testing with Spring Boot
- Getting Groovy with the Spring Boot CLI
- Applying Grails in Spring Boot
- Taking a peek inside with the Actuator
- Deploying Spring Boot applications
APPENDIXES
- Spring Boot developer tools
- Spring Boot starters
- Configuration properties
- Spring Boot dependencies