Whats New in Spring Boot 2 4

Phil Webb from the Spring Boot team provides an overview of the new features available in Spring Boot 2.4. Click the timestamp to jump to a specific part of the presentation: Intro: 00:27 Creating a Demo App Upgrading: 07:24 Version Number Changes 08:29 JUnit Vintage Engine 09:07 Legacy Config Data Mode 10:48 Logback Property Changes and Property Migrator New Features: 13:51 Java 15 and Startup Logging 15:03 Constructor Binding @ConfigurationProperties Updates 18:11 ApplicationStartup Metrics (Flight Recorder and JSON) 24:49 Changes to Application properties/yaml 30:46 Using 'spring.config.import' 34:46 Importing Files Without an Extension 35:28 Origin Chains 38:34 Config Tree Support (Kubernetes Volume Mounted Secrets) 40:51 Supporting Custom Config Data Import Types 42:57 Docker and Buildpack Updates 46:09 Publishing to a Private Docker Registry --- See also https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot/wiki/Spring-Boot-2.4-Release-Notes