How to use Spring Boot DevTools for automatic restart and auto reload changes in browser (LiveReload).
When you make changes to Java code, Spring Boot DevTools will restart the embedded server to reflect the changes. It is full, automatic restart but quick enough – much faster than “cold” restart – because the things do not change (e.g. jars) are already loaded in a separate classloader.
In addition to automatic restart feature, the Spring Boot DevTools module also comes with an embedded LiveReload server that can be used to trigger a browser refresh whenever a resource is change.
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