Apress Pro Spring Boot 4: An Authoritative Guide with Best Practices

Master enterprise-grade application and microservice development with Pro Spring Boot 4. This revised edition empowers you to fully harness the groundbreaking capabilities of Spring Boot 4, crafting robust and scalable web, cloud, and microservice solutions with unparalleled ease. Dive deep into the latest advancements, including enhanced support for Java 17 and 21, significant updates to Spring Security, refined Spring Boot Actuator metrics with Micrometer, and expanded GraalVM integration for native compilation. Explore cutting-edge features like RSocket service interfaces, enriched Spring Data JDBC flexibility, and the revolutionary AOT (Ahead-of-Time Transformation) for optimized performance. Authored by seasoned experts, including a Developer Advocate on the Spring Team at Broadcom, and a Senior Staff Engineer and Instructor at CockroachLabs, this book delivers an authoritative, pragmatic guide filled with real-world case studies of increasing complexity. Gain invaluable insights, best practices, and first-hand knowledge directly from experts shaping the future of Spring Boot technology. What You Will Learn Construct sophisticated web, cloud, microservices, and enterprise applications with the Spring Boot 4 framework. Achieve seamless persistence with JDBC, JPA, a wide array of NoSQL databases, and Distributed SQL with CockroachDB. Implement advanced messaging solutions with JMS, RabbitMQ, WebSockets, and RSocket. Leverage Spring AI to develop AI applications and agents. Connect to LLMs or other MCP Servers and utilize the appropriate tools to automate tasks. Navigate the Spring Cloud ecosystem and extend Spring Boot with custom Starters and @Enable features. Apply best practices for testing and deploying Spring Boot applications with confidence. Leverage the power of AOT (Ahead-Of-Time Transformations) and GraalVM for native compilation. Master the latest version of Spring Security for robust application protection Who This Book Is for: Experienced Spring and Java developers eager to significantly boost productivity, reduce complexity, and accelerate development cycles for their enterprise applications and software services.