1. Create a Spring Boot Project

• Go to File > New > Spring Starter Project.
• Specify:
  • Project name
  • Group ID
  • Artifact ID
  • Base package name
• Keep packaging as JAR for a Spring MVC web application.

2. Add Dependencies

Include the following dependencies in the project:

• Web: Spring Web
• SQL:
  • Spring Data JPA
  • MySQL
• Dev: Spring Boot DevTools
• Lombok
• Validation
• Actuator

3. Configure application.properties

• Copy the entries from the supplied application.properties file.
• Edit the database configuration as needed.

3.5. Spring MVC ViewResolver Configuration

Add the following to application.properties for JSP view layer:

spring.mvc.view.prefix=/WEB-INF/views
spring.mvc.view.suffix=.jsp

4. Additional Dependencies for Spring MVC with JSP View Layer