Why Use Spring Cloud Gateway? A Beginner’s Guide to Building a SpringBoot API Gateway
In a micro‑service architecture, a centralized gateway eliminates the need for front‑ends to call dozens of services by handling authentication, rate‑limiting, logging, CORS, and security, and Spring Cloud Gateway—built on WebFlux and Netty—offers a non‑blocking, high‑throughput alternative to Zuul with detailed configuration and code examples for production use.
