Spring Cookbook

Creating a Spring web application

In this recipe, we will build a simple Spring web application with Eclipse. We will:

• Create a new Maven project
• Add Spring to it
• Add two Java classes to configure Spring
• Create a "Hello World" web page

In the next recipe, we will compile and run this web application.

How to do it…

In this section, we will create a Spring web application in Eclipse.

Creating a new Maven project in Eclipse

1. In Eclipse, in the File menu, select New | Project….
2. Under Maven, select Maven Project and click on Next >.
3. Select the Create a simple project (skip archetype selection) checkbox and click on Next >.
4. For the Group Id field, enter com.springcookbook. For the Artifact Id field, enter springwebapp. For Packaging, select war and click on Finish ...