Getting Started with Spring Boot

In this chapter, we will create our first microservice with Spring Boot. You will learn how to configure the project, structure the code, and implement a simple REST API.

Project Setup

Creating the Project with Spring Initializr

1. Essential dependencies

   <dependencies>
       <!-- Spring Boot Starter Web -->
       <dependency>
           <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
           <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
       </dependency>
       
       <!-- Spring Boot Starter Data JPA -->
       <dependency>
           <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
           <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa</artifactId>
       </dependency>
       
       <!-- H2 Database -->
       <dependency>
           <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
           <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
           <scope>runtime</scope>
       </dependency>
       
       <!-- Lombok -->
       <dependency>
           <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
           <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
           <optional>true</optional>
       </dependency>
   </dependencies>