- Create a login controller which returns login.jsp (localhost:8080/login)
- Use spring.mvc.view.prefix and suffix to map login controller to a matching jsp.
- jsp files are traditionally stored in /src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/jsp/
- tomcat-embed-jasper artifact is required to enable jsp support in embedded tomcat server
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.tomcat.embed</groupId>
<artifactId>tomcat-embed-jasper</artifactId>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
spring.mvc.view.prefix: /WEB-INF/jsp/
spring.mvc.view.suffix: .jsp
logging.level.org.springframework.web: DEBUG
- create controller package