Spring Boot, with more than 75 million downloads per month, is the most widely used Java framework. Its convenience and capabilities have revolutionized application development, from monolithic to microservices. However, Spring Boot's simplicity can be confusing. What exactly does a developer need to learn in order to immediately produce results? This hands-on guide will teach you how to write successful mission-critical applications.

Mark Heckler from VMware, the company that created Spring, guides you through the entire Spring Boot architecture, covering topics such as debugging, testing, and deployment. If you want to quickly and efficiently develop cloud-native Java or Kotlin applications based on Spring Boot using reactive programming, API creation, and access to a variety of databases, this book is for you.