Setting up a Spring Boot workspace

Let's see how to set up a Spring Boot workspace to create a Spring Boot application. No special tool integration is required to set up a Spring Boot application. You can use any IDE or text editor. But, Spring Boot 2.0's minimum system requirements are as follows:

• Java SDK v1.8 or higher
• Spring Framework 5.0.0.RELEASE or above
• Maven (3.2+) and Gradle 4
• Tomcat 8.5, that is, a Servlet 3.0+ compatible container

Let's see the following ways to set up the workspace for the Spring Boot application:

• Set up Spring Boot with Maven
• Set up Spring Boot with Gradle

Now, we will explore how to set up a Spring Boot application with Maven and Gradle in detail.