@Controller public class HelloWorldController { @RequestMapping("/") public String hello(Model model) { model.addAttribute("message", "Hello, World!"); return "hello"; } } <context:component-scan base-package="com.example.controllers" /> <mvc:annotation-driven /> <bean id="viewResolver" class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceViewResolver"> <property name="prefix" value="/WEB-INF/views/" /> <property name="suffix" value=".jsp" /> </bean> <mvc:resources mapping="/resources/**" location="/WEB-INF/resources/" />