What is Maven in Spring Boot? Maven is a build automation and project management tool used in Java projects. In Spring Boot, Maven handles: Downloading dependencies (libraries/jars) automatically Compiling your Java code Running tests Packaging your app into a .jar or .war file Deploying your application What Maven Actually Does Maven mainly handles 3 things: Dependency Management It downloads required libraries automatically. Example: You want to use MySQL in Spring Boot. Without Maven: search MySQL connector online download jar add to project manually With Maven: just add this in pom.xml <dependency> <groupId> mysql </groupId> <artifactId> mysql-connector-j </artifactId> <version> 8.3.0 </version> </dependency> Enter fullscreen mode Exit fullscreen mode Maven downloads it automatically from the Maven repository.…