# 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/3.1.4/maven-plugin/reference/html/) * [Create an OCI image](https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/3.1.4/maven-plugin/reference/html/#build-image) * [Spring Boot DevTools](https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/3.1.4/reference/htmlsingle/index.html#using.devtools) * [Validation](https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/3.1.4/reference/htmlsingle/index.html#io.validation) * [Spring Web Services](https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/3.1.4/reference/htmlsingle/index.html#io.webservices) * [Thymeleaf](https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/3.1.4/reference/htmlsingle/index.html#web.servlet.spring-mvc.template-engines) * [Spring Data JDBC](https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/3.1.4/reference/htmlsingle/index.html#data.sql.jdbc) ### Guides The following guides illustrate how to use some features concretely: * [Validation](https://spring.io/guides/gs/validating-form-input/) * [Producing a SOAP web service](https://spring.io/guides/gs/producing-web-service/) * [Handling Form Submission](https://spring.io/guides/gs/handling-form-submission/) * [Using Spring Data JDBC](https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-data-examples/tree/master/jdbc/basics)