In this chapter, we discussed the basics of developing web applications with Spring MVC.

We used six example flows with Spring MVC to learn the important concepts related to developing web applications. 

We learned about the key components of Spring MVC architecture—DispatcherServlet, Controllers, Views, and View Resolvers. DispatcherServlet acts as the FrontController—routing the requests to appropriate controllers and views as they arrive. 

We also discussed how to manage user states using sessions and learned how to implement exception handling and internationalization for web applications. We also learned to secure our applications with Spring Security.

Spring MVC can also be used to build REST services. We will discuss that and more related to REST services in the subsequent chapters.

In the next chapter, we will get started with Spring Boot. We will learn the need for Spring Boot and how Spring Boot helps you to get started with developing Spring applications in less than five minutes.