| Task | Spring Boot | FastAPI |
|---|---|---|
| Generate project structure | https://start.spring.io/ | https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/project-generation/ |
| Define API routes | @RequestMapping | APIRouter |
| Deal with database (ORM & Querying) | Hibernate | SQLAlchemy |
| Entity to Data Transfer Object (DTO) | ModelMapper | Pydantic.BaseModel (with orm_mode = True) |
| Database Migration | Liquibase, Flyway | Alembic |
| Dependency Management | Maven / Graddle | Pip |
| HTTP Request Interceptor | AspectJ, ServletFilter | Depends, Middleware |
| Built-in Authentication | Spring Security | FastAPI.security |
| Read Environment file | @Value(“${key}”) Files .properties | Pydantic.BaseSetting File .env |
| OpenAPI | springdoc-openapi | It has a built-in module. Access at localhost:8000/docs |
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