A jump-start to MVC

We have created our project and added all the required jars, so we are ready to code. We are going to incrementally build an online web store throughout this book, chapter by chapter. As a first step, let's create a home page in our project to welcome our customers.

Our aim is simple; when we enter the URL http://localhost:8080/webstore/ on the browser, we would like to show a welcome page that is similar to the following screenshot:

A jump-start to MVC

Showing the welcome page of the web store

We are going to take a deep look at each concept in detail in the upcoming chapters. As of now, our aim is to have quick hands-on experience of developing ...

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