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All the examples presented in Java can be imported and executed on any Java IDE, but we will use Eclipse just because it is a large, accepted tool among developers around the world. Although this book presents recipes using Eclipse, you can also stick with your preferred tool if you want.

Nowadays, many projects have been designed using Gradle, but many developers are still used to creating their projects using Maven to manage dependencies and the project itself. So, to avoid trick bugs with IDE plugins or any other kind of issue, the recipes using Spring Boot will be managed by Maven. In addition, Eclipse IDE already comes with a Maven plugin which at the time of writing this book was not true for Gradle. To run projects with Gradle in Eclipse, you must install a specific plugin.