Spring Boot is a powerful, open-source framework designed to simplify the development of production-ready, stand-alone Spring-based applications. It leverages the Spring Framework and its ecosystem to provide a rapid, convention-over-configuration development approach. Spring Boot is ideal for building microservices, web applications, REST APIs, and enterprise-level applications with minimal setup and configuration.

Features of Spring Boot:

• Spring Boot offers intelligent auto-configuration that eliminates the need for complex configurations, allowing developers to focus on business logic.
• It comes with built-in support for popular web servers like Tomcat, Jetty, and Undertow, so no external server is needed to run the application.
• Pre-configured templates, called "starters," make it easier to add dependencies, such as database connectors, security, and more, reducing manual setup.
• Provides built-in production-ready features such as health checks, metrics, monitoring, and externalized configuration, all easily accessible via REST endpoints.

To check the spring boot version : spring --version

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