What we saw in the first chapter is nothing but a glimpse of Spring MVC; in the previous chapter, our total focus was just on getting it to run a Spring MVC application. Now, it's time for us to deep-dive into Spring MVC architecture.
By the end of this chapter, you will have a clear understanding of:
The dispatcher servlet and request mapping
The web application context and configuration
The Spring MVC request flow and Web MVC
The web application architecture