A beginner-friendly yet practical guide to Maven and Gradle, explaining how build tools work, dependency management, project structure, and how Spring Boot leverages them for packaging and execution.

A clear architectural overview of Spring Boot, explaining its core components, internal flow, and how auto-configuration, starters, and embedded servers work together.

A comprehensive guide to the most important Spring Boot annotations, explaining what they do, why they exist, and how they work together to power modern Spring Boot applications.

A deep, practical explanation of Spring Boot auto-configuration—how it works internally, conditional annotations, auto-configuration classes, and how developers can customize or disable it.