Let's start with a simple pom.xml file with spring-boot-starter-parent:
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd"> <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion> <groupId>com.mastering.spring</groupId> <artifactId>springboot-example</artifactId> <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version> <name>First Spring Boot Example</name> <packaging>war</packaging> <parent> <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId> <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId> <version>2.0.0.M1</version> </parent> <properties> <java.version>1.8</java.version> </properties> ...
