Java SDK version 8 or higher is necessary to use Spring Boot (http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html). A MariaDB installation is necessary for the creation of the database application which can be downloaded from: https://downloads.mariadb.org/.
The code for this chapter can be found at the following GitHub link: https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Hands-On-Full-Stack-Development-with-Spring-Boot-2.0-and-React-Second-Edition/tree/master/Chapter03