Spring Boot for the Web Tier

Explore Spring Boot's web tier capabilities in this 55-minute conference talk from GOTO Amsterdam 2016. Dive into a live coding session demonstrating new Spring MVC 4.x features, including resource handling, CORS, and HTTP caching. Follow along as Brian Clozel, a Spring Team Member, guides you through building a sample application, leveraging Spring Boot DevTools, managing static resources, and optimizing for production. Learn practical techniques for customizing URLs, handling single-page applications, and implementing CSS rules. Discover how to leverage ETAGs, import DevTools, and enhance your build process with additional dependencies and tasks. Gain insights into switching profiles and optimizing your Spring Boot applications for web development.

Introduction
Sample Application
Application Layout
Spring Good Devtools
Live Reload
What happens when you rebuild
Preventing keys from being displayed
Managing static resources
Creating a URL customizer
Single page application
Adding CSS rules
Leveraging ETAG
Importing devtools
Going further with the build
Adding dependencies
Adding tasks
Adding gulp
Optimizing for production
Leverage
Switching Profiles