the css and javascript is not take effect on my page. I google online, people saying this is the magic, but not happening on my page. <mvc:resources mapping="/resources/**" location="/resources/" /> this is the error: Nov 02, 2013 9:19:29 PM org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet noHandlerFound WARNING: No mapping found for HTTP request with URI [/myweb/resources/css/styles.css] in DispatcherServlet with name 'dispatcher' Nov 02, 2013 9:19:29 PM org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet noHandlerFound WARNING: No mapping found for HTTP request with URI [/myweb/resources/script.js] in DispatcherServlet with name 'dispatcher' Nov 02, 2013 9:19:29 PM org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet noHandlerFound WARNING: No mapping found for HTTP request with URI [/myweb/resources/js/jquery-1.10.2.min.js] in DispatcherServlet with name 'dispatcher' here is the applicationContext.xml <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans" xmlns:mvc="http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:p="http://www.springframework.org/schema/p" xmlns:tx="http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx" xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.2.xsd http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc/spring-mvc-3.2.xsd http://www.springframework.org/schema/context http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.2.xsd http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx/spring-tx-3.2.xsd"> <context:component-scan base-package="org.peterhuang.myweb" /> <mvc:resources mapping="/resources/**" location="/resources/" /> <bean class="org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.annotation.AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter"> </bean> <bean class="org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.annotation.DefaultAnnotationHandlerMapping"> </bean> <!-- Hibernate Transaction Manager --> <bean id="transactionManager" class="org.springframework.orm.hibernate4.HibernateTransactionManager"> <property name="sessionFactory" ref="sessionFactory" /> </bean> <mvc:annotation-driven /> <!-- Activates annotation based transaction management --> <tx:annotation-driven /> <bean id="propertyConfigurer" class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer"> <property name="location" value="classpath:jdbc.properties" /> </bean> <bean id="viewResolver" class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceViewResolver"> <property name="viewClass" value="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.JstlView" /> <property name="prefix" value="/WEB-INF/"></property> <property name="suffix" value=".jsp"></property> </bean> <bean id="dataSource" class="org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DriverManagerDataSource"> <property name="driverClassName" value="${jdbc.driverClassName}" /> <property name="url" value="${jdbc.url}" /> <property name="username" value="${jdbc.username}" /> <property name="password" value="${jdbc.password}" /> </bean> <bean id="sessionFactory" class="org.springframework.orm.hibernate4.LocalSessionFactoryBean"> <property name="dataSource" ref="dataSource" /> <property name="packagesToScan" value="org.peterhuang.myweb" /> <property name="hibernateProperties"> <props> <prop key="hibernate.dialect"> ${jdbc.dialect} </prop> <prop key="hibernate.show_sql"> ${hibernate.show_sql} </prop> <prop key="hibernate.format_sql"> ${hibernate.format_sql} </prop> </props> </property> </bean> here is the web.xml <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <web-app id="WebApp_ID" version="2.4" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee/web-app_2_4.xsd"> <display-name>my web</display-name> <servlet> <servlet-name>dispatcher</servlet-name> <servlet-class>org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet</servlet-class> <init-param> <param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name> <param-value>/WEB-INF/applicationContext.xml</param-value> </init-param> <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup> </servlet> <servlet-mapping> <servlet-name>dispatcher</servlet-name> <url-pattern>/</url-pattern> </servlet-mapping> <listener> <listener-class>org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener</listener-class> </listener> <welcome-file-list> <welcome-file>/WEB-INF/jsp/welcome.jsp</welcome-file> </welcome-file-list> this is the page got displaied: <%@taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core" prefix="c"%> <%@ taglib uri="http://www.springframework.org/tags" prefix="spring"%> <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="<spring:url value='resources/css/styles.css' />" /> <script type="text/javascript" src="<spring:url value='resources/js/jquery-1.10.2.min.js' />"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="<spring:url value='resources/script.js'/>"</script> <ul id="button"> <c:forEach var="category" items="${categoryList}"> <li><a href="#">${category.categoryName}</a></li> </c:forEach> </ul> the folder structure in eclipse: myweb | | | |----Java Resources | | | | | |-----src/main/resources | | | | | | | | |------js | | | | | | | |-----jquery-1.10.2.min.js | | | | | | | | | | | |-----script.js | | | | | | | | |-----css | | | | | | | |-----style.css | | | | | | | | any tips would be appreciated!! thanks in advanced!