Learning spring

Hey everyone,

I started to learn spring mvc , i'm 2 days into it and I still cant figure out, how does it work(theres like too much info).I even dont know how to make a simple form and proccess the form's info. I know that it should work like codeIgniter in php, that the controller file controls the view file. Maybe i'm missing something?? What should I learn before learning spring?? I know a little jsp and servlets.

Heres one of my problems:
this is my Controller file:

Code:

public class HelloWorldController implements Controller { public ModelAndView handleRequest(HttpServletRequest hsr, HttpServletResponse hsr1) throws Exception { String aMessage = "tere tere"; ModelAndView md = new ModelAndView("welcome"); md.addObject("welcomeMessage", aMessage); return md; }

dispatcher-servlet.xml, there I added this line

Code:

<bean name="/welcome.htm" class="controller.HelloWorldController" />

And in the web-inf/jsp folder I have a welcome.jsp file with this line added

Code:

<h1>${welcomeMessage}</h1>

But when I deploy it and run it, then I get a

Code:

HTTP Status 404 - type Status report message description The requested resource () is not available.

}[/CODE]

Sorry for my english!!!