What is start.spring.io (Spring Initializr)?
Options
- A web tool that generates a Spring Boot project (Correct option)
- A Spring-only database used for local testing
- The test runner that ships with Spring Boot
- A paid cloud service that hosts Spring apps
Answer
A web tool that generates a ready-to-run Spring Boot project skeleton with the dependencies you choose
Why
You choose options (build tool such as Maven or Gradle, language, Spring Boot version, dependencies like 'Spring Web'), click Generate, and download a zip with a working project: pom.xml, the main class and the folder structure.
The official Spring quickstart starts exactly like this. IDEs such as IntelliJ also have it built in.
Remember
Initializr = project generator for Spring Boot.