# Getting Started

### Reference Documentation
For further reference, please consider the following sections:

* [Official Apache Maven documentation](https://maven.apache.org/guides/index.html)
* [Spring Boot Maven Plugin Reference Guide](https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/2.6.1/maven-plugin/reference/html/)
* [Create an OCI image](https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/2.6.1/maven-plugin/reference/html/#build-image)
* [Spring Boot DevTools](https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/2.6.1/reference/htmlsingle/#using-boot-devtools)
* [Spring Web](https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/2.6.1/reference/htmlsingle/#boot-features-developing-web-applications)
* [Vaadin](https://vaadin.com/spring)
* [Spring Security](https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/2.6.1/reference/htmlsingle/#boot-features-security)
* [Spring Data Neo4j](https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/2.6.1/reference/htmlsingle/#boot-features-neo4j)
* [Spring Boot Actuator](https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/2.6.1/reference/htmlsingle/#production-ready)
* [Prometheus](https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/2.6.1/reference/html/production-ready-features.html#production-ready-metrics-export-prometheus)

### Guides
The following guides illustrate how to use some features concretely:

* [Building a RESTful Web Service](https://spring.io/guides/gs/rest-service/)
* [Serving Web Content with Spring MVC](https://spring.io/guides/gs/serving-web-content/)
* [Building REST services with Spring](https://spring.io/guides/tutorials/bookmarks/)
* [Creating CRUD UI with Vaadin](https://spring.io/guides/gs/crud-with-vaadin/)
* [Securing a Web Application](https://spring.io/guides/gs/securing-web/)
* [Spring Boot and OAuth2](https://spring.io/guides/tutorials/spring-boot-oauth2/)
* [Authenticating a User with LDAP](https://spring.io/guides/gs/authenticating-ldap/)
* [Accessing Data with Neo4j](https://spring.io/guides/gs/accessing-data-neo4j/)
* [Building a RESTful Web Service with Spring Boot Actuator](https://spring.io/guides/gs/actuator-service/)

