Creating a project base

Let's go to http://start.spring.io in our browser and configure our project by filling in the following parameters to create a project base:

• Group: com.packtpub.restapp
• Artifact: ticket-management
• Search for dependencies: Web (full-stack web development with Tomcat and Spring MVC)

After configuring our project, it will look as shown in the following screenshot:

Now you can generate the project by clicking Generate Project. The project (ZIP file) should be downloaded to your system. Unzip the .zip file and you should see the files as shown in the following screenshot:

Copy the entire folder (ticket-management) and keep it in your desired location.