Summary

This chapter is designed with the aim of kick-starting your work with the Spring Framework. We have covered various topics, starting from scratch to create a project structure and design the view templates. It comprises various technologies and tools to build web-based applications in Spring. 

It is always good practice to do more hands-on exercises to understand the concepts in detail. Next, you can think of enhancing the application further by adopting a few other World Bank APIs and integrate them in to this application. In this chapter, we have configured most of the things with our own. 

However, Spring provides a tool called Spring Boot, which really helps in doing most of the configuration in an automated manner, allowing you to focus on developing the application. In subsequent chapters, we will explore how to use Spring Boot for developing web applications in Spring in more detail.

In the next chapter, we will explore another great feature called Reactive Programming in Spring Framework using WebFlux. We will learn the basics of the Reactive paradigm, what are the benefits, and explore various Reactive libraries. Spring uses Reactor—a library that provides implementation of Reactive Stream to develop web-based applications. So, get ready to explore all those new and exciting topics in the second chapter.