WEB-INF folder is not creating in Spring Boot application?

Question

I am creating a Spring Boot application, using Spring Initializr, But the folder structure is bit different, there is no WEB-INF folder, so where I will put the JSP files, shall I create the WEB-INF folder manually?

Answer 1

We need to create the WEB-INF folder manually in spring boot application. Follow these steps:

1. Select main folder as highlighted below.

   

2. Right click and create a folder with name webapp.

3. Now right click on webapp folder and create WEB-INF folder.

4. Now similarly create a view folder (or any other name you like) inside WEB-INF folder to keep all the JSPs.

5. Below should be the folder structure after doing above steps.