The SpringApplication class is used to bootstrap our application. We've used it in the previous recipes; we will see how to create the Application class for Spring Boot in this recipe.
Creating the Application class for Spring Boot
Getting ready
We will be using IntelliJ IDE for coding purposes. To set up the environment, read previous recipes, especially the Setting up dependencies for building RESTful services recipe.
How to do it…
If you've used Spring Boot before, you must be familiar with using @Configuration, @EnableAutoConfiguration, and @ComponentScan...