# 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/3.0.0-M1/maven-plugin/reference/html/)
* [Create an OCI image](https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/3.0.0-M1/maven-plugin/reference/html/#build-image)
* [Spring Web](https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/2.6.3/reference/htmlsingle/#boot-features-developing-web-applications)
* [Cloud Bootstrap](https://spring.io/projects/spring-cloud-commons)
* [Validation](https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/2.6.3/reference/htmlsingle/#boot-features-validation)
* [Spring Configuration Processor](https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/2.6.3/reference/htmlsingle/#configuration-metadata-annotation-processor)
* [WebSocket](https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/2.6.3/reference/htmlsingle/#boot-features-websockets)
* [Cloud LoadBalancer](https://docs.spring.io/spring-cloud-commons/docs/current/reference/html/#spring-cloud-loadbalancer)

### 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/)
* [Using WebSocket to build an interactive web application](https://spring.io/guides/gs/messaging-stomp-websocket/)
* [Client-side load-balancing with Spring Cloud LoadBalancer](https://spring.io/guides/gs/spring-cloud-loadbalancer/)

