Master Microservices with Spring Boot and Spring Cloud - Step 10 – Spring Boot Developer Tools

The video tutorial discusses the challenges of making code changes in Spring applications, which typically require server restarts. It introduces Spring Boot Dev Tools, a dependency that allows automatic detection and reloading of code changes without restarting the server, significantly improving productivity. The tutorial demonstrates how Dev Tools work, highlighting its efficiency by reducing reload times from 9 seconds to 2 seconds. The video concludes by emphasizing the productivity benefits of using Spring Boot Dev Tools for application development.

What is the time difference between a typical restart and a restart with Spring Boot Developer Tools after a code change?

How does Spring Boot Developer Tools handle Maven dependencies during a restart?