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".

👀 Preview

web page proverb display

🎯 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

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>

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.

Summary

Congratulations! You have completed this project. You can practice more labs in LabEx to improve your skills.

Displaying Proverb on Web Page with JSP