(How To) Create a Dynamic Web Application in Eclipse

1) In the project explorer area, right click and select "New->Dynamic Web Project"

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2) Enter a name for the project. Lets have it as "sampleappln" & click on "Next"

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3) Edit the "Default Output Folder" to "WebContect/WEB-INF/classes" & click on "Next"

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4) Select the "Generate the web.xml deployment descriptor". The web.xml is optional now, but lets have it as it is easy to understand a web-application just by going thorough the web.xml file. Click on "Finish" when done

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5) The Dynamic web project gets generated and its folder structure will be as follows:

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