Now that the skeleton code for our Maven web-application venture is prepared, we can begin rolling out improvements to it, as well as making our Spring MVC HELLO WORLD application.

The created project is a non-Maven project. We need to convert the project into the Maven project.

To convert this project into a Maven project, open the existing project. In the project tool window, right-click your project and select Add Framework Support.

In the dialog that opens, select Maven from the options on the left and click OK: