In this chapter, we will review some Spring projects, looking at a brief explanation of each of them as we explore some scenarios in which they may be used.

The following topics will be covered in this chapter:

• Why Spring appeared
• Spring projects:
  • Spring Initializr
  • Spring Boot in a Nutshell
  • Avoiding redeployment with developer tools
  • Spring Data
  • Supporting EIPs with Spring Integration
  • Spring Batch
  • Securing applications with Spring Security
  • Embracing (Spring) HATEOAS
  • Spring Cloud and the microservices world
  • Reactive and Spring
  • Reactive Spring Data
  • Reactive REST services