Application scenarios
Spring boot applications cannot be created in the community version of the idea. This problem does not exist in the ultimate version. To create a SpringBoot project in the community version, one way is to use Spring's official website and the web version of spring initializer. After creating the project, import the idea for development. This is actually quite inconvenient. The other way is to use an ordinary wizard, based on The existing template creates a project directory that conforms to the pom specification, and then manually adjusts the pom file content, such as adding various jar packages. This method loses the convenience of setting properties and selecting dependent components through the wizard.
Spring Assistant can help us solve this problem.
method effect
Select the New menu and a web wizard similar to this will be displayed.
There is another little trick here. Spring.io is selected by default. Because the server is abroad, the speed will be slow or even cannot be opened. At this time, we can switch to the custom option and enter Alibaba’s mirror address: http://start. aliyun.com, loading will be very fast at this time.
Review
The community version is a powerful tool for creating SpringBoot projects and is highly recommended.