Using a web interface for Spring Initializr

The Spring team provides a web application hosted at: https://start.spring.io. It is the most simple way to create a Spring Boot application and the most straightforward way to use the Spring Initializr. It has all the menu options for you, just choose them and use them in your application.

Let's see the following screenshot of what the home page look like:

As you can see, there are a number of options you need to fill in. They are:

  • Project type: Maven or Gradle
  • Language: Java, Kotlin, or Groovy
  • Spring Boot version

On the SPRING INITIALZR home page, on the left side of the form, it asks to specify ...

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