[ldh]

I keep waiting to get cynical about Spring Boot for some reason (maybe once the next conceptual breakthrough which looks obvious in retrospect happens), but honestly it's the breath of fresh air and simplicity that the JVM ecosystem needed, and it has literally turned writing Java weba apps upside down (err..inside out?) in the best sense possible.

[bloomthrowaway]

if you like Spring Boot try DropWizard. Similar support for REST interfaces but none of the stuff you don't need