spring-boot-starter-parent

• Spring boot starters are dependencies! Like features you can add to your application
• spring-boot-starter-parent is a special starter that provides Maven defaults

<parent>
  <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
  <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
  <version>3.5.5</version>
  <relativePath /> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
</parent>

• There's no need to specify versions spring boot dependencies (e.g., spring-boot-starter, spring-boot-starter-test, spring-boot-maven-plugin)
• They are all inherited by the spring-boot-starter-parent parent
• Ensures that all versions are compatible