Q 1
Medium
What is the difference between spring-boot-starter-parent and importing spring-boot-dependencies in dependencyManagement?
Answer
spring-boot-starter-parent provides default Maven plugin configurations, resource filtering, UTF-8 defaults, and dependency version management via parent inheritance. Importing spring-boot-dependencies with <scope>import</scope> inside <dependencyManagement> provides only version management without forcing parent POM inheritance, allowing projects to keep their own corporate parent POM.
Explanation
Use dependencyManagement import (BOM) when your company already has a custom base parent POM.
Code Example
Java
<dependencyManagement>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-dependencies</artifactId>
<version>3.2.0</version>
<type>pom</type>
<scope>import</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</dependencyManagement>
Reference:
Spring Boot