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The Spring Boot CLI is a Command Line Interface for Spring Boot. It can be used for a quick start with Spring. It can run Groovy scripts which means that a developer need not write boilerplate code; all that is needed is focus on business logic. Spring Boot CLI is the fastest way to create a Spring-based application.

Features

In this section, we will look at the different features of Spring Boot CL −

It provides an interface to run and test Spring Boot Application from command prompt.
It internally use Spring Boot Starter and Spring Boot AutoConfigurate components in order to resolve all dependencies and executes the application.
It contains Groovy compiler and Grape Dependency Manager.
It supports Groovy Scripts without external Groovy installation.
It adds Spring Boot defaults and resolve all dependencies automatically.

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