Spring Boot FAQ: Top Questions

4. What is Spring Boot Starter and how does it help?

Spring Boot Starters are a set of convenient dependency descriptors you can include in your application. Each starter includes transitive dependencies for a specific feature.

📘 Examples:

spring-boot-starter-web – for web and RESTful services.
spring-boot-starter-data-jpa – for Spring Data JPA and Hibernate.
spring-boot-starter-security – for securing applications.

📥 Example Input:

<dependency>
  <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
  <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
</dependency>

🏆 Expected Output:

Brings in embedded Tomcat, Spring MVC, and Jackson JSON parser.

🛠️ Use Cases:

Reduce boilerplate dependencies.
Consistent and recommended setups.
Improve project maintainability.

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