--- title: Why SpringBoot? | daily.dev description: A beginner-oriented walkthrough explaining why Spring Boot was created by contrasting it with traditional Spring MVC + JPA configuration. First, a full 7-step... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/why-springboot--kasjjwvda twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Why SpringBoot? | daily.dev og:description: A beginner-oriented walkthrough explaining why Spring Boot was created by contrasting it with traditional Spring MVC + JPA configuration. 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