# Introduction to Solon

DevFeed: [Introduction to Solon](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/introduction-to-solon-55727.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.baeldung.com/java-solon-quick-tutorial>)

Author: Francesco Galgani

Published: 2026-09-21T04:05:19Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Baeldung](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/baeldung.md>)

Topics: [Java](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/java.md>), [Framework](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/framework.md>), [REST API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/rest-api.md>), [Dependency injection](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/dependency-injection.md>), [configuration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/configuration.md>), [HTTP](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/http.md>), [Database](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/database.md>), [Persistence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/persistence.md>), [Maven](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/maven.md>), [Software Testing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software-testing.md>)

Tags: [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/architecture.md>), [configuration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/configuration.md>), [dependency-injection](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dependency-injection.md>), [framework](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/framework.md>), [fundamentals](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/fundamentals.md>), [h2](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/h2.md>), [http](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/http.md>), [java-web](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/java-web.md>), [java-web-h2-mybatis-rest-basics](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/java-web-h2-mybatis-rest-basics.md>), [mybatis](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mybatis.md>), [persistence](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/persistence.md>), [rest](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/rest.md>), [rest-basics](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/rest-basics.md>), [testing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/testing.md>)

## AI overview

A practical introduction to Solon, an independent enterprise Java framework. The tutorial builds a REST API that persists tasks in H2, compares Solon with Spring Boot, and covers configuration, dependency injection, HTTP handling, and testing.

## Source excerpt

Learn the fundamentals of Solon, including its architecture, dependency injection, configuration, HTTP handling, persistence, and testing, and see them in practice by building a REST API with MyBatis-Flex and H2. The post Introduction to Solon first appeared on Baeldung.