Simplified Configuration

Spring historically was a nightmare to configure. Although the framework improved upon other high-ceremony component models (EJB 1.x, 2.x, etc.), it did come along with its own set of heavyweight usage patterns. Namely, Spring required a lot of XML configuration and a deep understanding of the individual beans needed to construct JdbcTemplates, JmsTemplates, BeanFactory lifecycle hooks, servlet listeners, and many other components. In fact, writing a simple “hello world” with Spring MVC required understanding of DispatcherServlet and a whole host of Model-ViewController classes. Spring Boot aims to eliminate all of this boilerplate configuration with some implied conventions and simplified annotations—although, you can still finely tune the underlying beans if you need to.