Spring has been a great framework for years however it had few drawbacks. In this tutorial, An Introduction to Spring Boot we will see how Spring Boot has not only addressed the drawbacks but also supports modern software architecture. Spring Boot is around for sometime now, I had started working using spring boot 1.5 years ago, now at the time of writing this article the latest version is 1.3.3. This tutorial would provide an introduction to Spring Boot and also how you how to get started with it.