Java Web Development | Display Proverb on Web Page

Introduction

In this project, you will learn how to display a proverb on a web page using Java Web technology. The proverb we will display is "Actions speak louder than words".

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🎯 Tasks

In this project, you will learn:

How to display the provided proverb on a web page
How to start a web application and view the proverb in a web browser

🏆 Achievements

After completing this project, you will be able to:

Create a simple JSP (Java Server Pages) file to display content on a web page
Start a web application using the Tomcat server and deploy your web application
Access and view your web application in a web browser

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Display the Proverb

In this step, you will learn how to display the proverb "Actions speak louder than words" on a web page.

Open the index.jsp file located in the QuotaWebProject/src/main/webapp/ directory.
Inside the <body> section, add the following code to display the proverb:

<p>Actions speak louder than words</p>

Your index.jsp file should now look like this:

<%@ page contentType="text/html;charset=UTF-8" %>
<html>
  <body>
    <p>Actions speak louder than words</p>
  </body>
</html>

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Start the Web Application

In this step, you will learn how to start the web application and view the proverb on the browser.

Open a terminal and navigate to the QuotaWebProject directory using the following command:

cd ~/project/QuotaWebProject/

Run the following command to start the web application:

mvn clean tomcat7:run

This command will start the Tomcat server and deploy your web application.

Once the server is running, open a web browser and go to http://localhost:8080. You should see the proverb "Actions speak louder than words" displayed on the page.

Congratulations! You have successfully displayed the proverb on a web page using Java Web technology.

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