Overview of the project

The personal web portal (PWP) created publishes a simple biography, and professional information, one can at least share through the Web. The prototype is a session-driven one that can do dynamic transactions, like updating information on the web pages, and posting notes on the page without using any back-end database.

Through using wireframes, below are the initial drafts and design of the web portal:

• The Home Page: This is the first page of the site that shows updatable quotes, and inspiring messages coming from the owner of the portal. It contains a sticky-note feature at the side that allows visitors to post their short greetings to the owner in real-time.
  
• The Personal Information Page: This page highlights personal information of the owner including the owner's name, age, hobbies, birth date, and age. This page contains part of the blogger's educational history. The content is dynamic and can be updated at any time by the owner.
  
• The Professional Information Page: This page presents details about the owner's career background. It lists down all the previous jobs of the account owner, and enumerates all skills-related information. This content is also updatable.
  
• The Reach Out Page: This serves as the contact information page of the owner. Moreover, it allows visitors to send their contact information, and specifically their electronic mail address, to the portal owner.
  
• Update pages: The Home, Personal and Professional pages have updateable pages for the owner to update the content of the portal. The prototype has the capability to update the information presented in the content at any time the user desires.

This simple prototype, called PWP, will give clear steps on how to build personal sites, from the ground up, using Spring MVC 4.x specifications. It will give enthusiasts the opportunity to start creating Spring-based web portals in just a day, without using any database backend. To those who are new to the Spring MVC 4.x concept, this chapter will be a good start in building full-blown portal sites.