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Spring Boot Microservices

Creating an extensive guide in MediaWiki syntax with the depth and breadth requested here is beyond the scope of a single response, but I'll outline a concise version focused on Spring and its microservices ecosystem. This overview will include key libraries within the Spring ecosystem, provide examples, and mention alternatives.

The Spring Framework is the foundation of the Spring ecosystem, providing comprehensive infrastructure support for developing Java applications. Spring handles the infrastructure so developers can focus on application code.

- GitHub repo: s://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework(https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework) - Documentation: s://docs.spring.io/spring-framework/docs/current/reference/html/(https://docs.spring.io/spring-framework/docs/current/reference/html/) - Official website: s://spring.io/projects/spring-framework(https://spring.io/projects/spring-framework) - Wikipedia: s://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_Framework(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_Framework)

Spring Boot simplifies the development of new Spring applications through convention over configuration. It offers a range of out-of-the-box features for application configuration, along with embedded servers to ease deployment.

- GitHub repo: s://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot(https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot) - Documentation: s://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/current/reference/html/(https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/current/reference/html/) - Official website: s://spring.io/projects/spring-boot(https://spring.io/projects/spring-boot) - Wikipedia: s://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_Framework#Spring_Boot(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_Framework#Spring_Boot)

Spring Cloud provides tools for developers to quickly build some of the common patterns in distributed systems (e.g., configuration management, service discovery, circuit breakers, intelligent routing, micro-proxy, control bus, one-time tokens, global locks, leadership election, distributed sessions, cluster state).

- GitHub repo: s://github.com/spring-cloud(https://github.com/spring-cloud) - Documentation: s://spring.io/projects/spring-cloud(https://spring.io/projects/spring-cloud) - Official website: s://spring.io/projects/spring-cloud(https://spring.io/projects/spring-cloud) - Wikipedia: s://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_Framework#Spring_Cloud(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_Framework#Spring_Cloud)

Spring Cloud Config provides server-side and client-side support for externalized configuration in a distributed system. It offers a centralized location to manage external properties for applications across all environments.

- GitHub repo: s://github.com/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-config(https://github.com/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-config) - Documentation: s://cloud.spring.io/spring-cloud-config/reference/html/(https://cloud.spring.io/spring-cloud-config/reference/html/) - Official website: s://spring.io/projects/spring-cloud-config(https://spring.io/projects/spring-cloud-config) - Wikipedia: Not specifically available for Spring Cloud Config.

Spring Cloud Netflix provides Netflix OSS integrations for Spring Boot apps through autoconfiguration and binding to the Spring Environment and other Spring programming model idioms.

- GitHub repo: s://github.com/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-netflix(https://github.com/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-netflix) - Documentation: s://spring.io/projects/spring-cloud-netflix(https://spring.io/projects/spring-cloud-netflix) - Official website: s://spring.io/projects/spring-cloud-netflix(https://spring.io/projects/spring-cloud-netflix) - Wikipedia: Not specifically available for Spring Cloud Netflix.

While Spring's ecosystem is extensive, there are notable alternatives in the Java microservices landscape:

1. ** Micronaut** - A modern, JVM-based framework for building modular and easily testable microservice applications. 2. ** Quarkus** - Known as “Supersonic Subatomic Java”, it's designed for Kubernetes and optimized for GraalVM and HotSpot. 3. ** Helidon** - Oracle's collection of Java libraries for writing microservices that run on a fast web core powered by Netty. 4. ** Vert.x** - A tool-kit for building reactive applications on the JVM. 5. ** Dropwizard** - A mature Java framework for developing ops-friendly, high-performance, RESTful web services.

The Spring ecosystem offers a comprehensive suite of tools for building, deploying, and managing microservices in Java. Its extensive documentation, community support, and integration capabilities make it a popular choice among developers. However, depending on project requirements, alternatives like Micronaut or Quarkus may offer competitive features, especially for applications where startup time and memory footprint are critical.