Spring Debugger: A New Way To Demystify Spring Boot's Magic
summary
A new IntelliJ IDEA plugin exposes where Spring Boot values actually come from, shows which bean implementation is active, traces active transactions back to the method that started them, and lets the debugger evaluate any application-context bean (including EntityManager queries). It auto-detects and automatically import data sources from Docker Compose and Testcontainers, shows entity lifecycle transitions (transient → managed entity), and surfaces property sources inline so a single click the debug button reveals the origin with a navigate to source link. It is a separate plugin that works locally today.
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chapters (14)
- 0:00Spring Debugger intro
- 2:11First ticket walkthrough
- 7:07Debugging property sources
- 10:24Accessing Spring properties
- 13:14Debugging beans and profiles
- 16:26Inspecting Spring beans
- 21:00Debugging transactions
- 25:54Entity lifecycle in debugger
- 27:40Docker Compose databases
- 31:10Debugging with Testcontainers
- 32:35Spring Debugger features
- 33:16Future plans
- 35:26Installing plugin
- 36:37Q&A
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