I'm learning spring boot to develop an eCommerce website by myself. I consider that starter dependencies like spring-boot-starter-web, spring-boot-starter-security can be used for a production environment or just for learning purposes?
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1What makes you think it's only for learning? Spring Boot is a production ready application framework. And what vulnerabilities? – Simon Martinelli Jul 30 '21 at 12:03
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1Because the name `starter` – dungreact Jul 30 '21 at 12:20
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Please ask only one question per post. I've provided an answer to your question about Spring Boot. Please post your question about JPA separately. – Gregor Zurowski Jul 30 '21 at 12:33
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The "starters" are Spring Boot's dependency management and auto-configuration mechanism. The term "starter" does not aim to indicate that it's for non-production uses cases, it is probably just used to emphasize that it gets you started quickly. See the following explanation from the Spring Boot documentation:
Starters are a set of convenient dependency descriptors that you can include in your application. You get a one-stop shop for all the Spring and related technologies that you need without having to hunt through sample code and copy-paste loads of dependency descriptors.
In order to understand starter dependencies better, I suggest reviewing section "Creating Your Own Starter" from the Spring Boot documentation.
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