diff --git a/spring-mvc-basics/README.md b/spring-mvc-basics/README.md
index c8a0ac6508..15b19cc1d0 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-basics/README.md
+++ b/spring-mvc-basics/README.md
@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@ The "REST With Spring" Classes: http://bit.ly/restwithspring
 ### Relevant Articles: 
 - [Spring MVC Tutorial](https://www.baeldung.com/spring-mvc-tutorial)
 - [The Spring @Controller and @RestController Annotations](http://www.baeldung.com/spring-controller-vs-restcontroller)
-- [Using Spring ResponseEntity to Manipulate the HTTP Response](http://www.baeldung.com/spring-response-entity)
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+- [Using Spring ResponseEntity to Manipulate the HTTP Response](http://www.baeldung.com/spring-response-entity)
+- [A Guide to the ViewResolver in Spring MVC](http://www.baeldung.com/spring-mvc-view-resolver-tutorial)
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diff --git a/spring-mvc-basics/pom.xml b/spring-mvc-basics/pom.xml
index cb9f1be9eb..3bcf5bc4ca 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-basics/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-mvc-basics/pom.xml
@@ -36,12 +36,12 @@
             <artifactId>jstl</artifactId>
             <version>${jstl.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        
+
         <!-- Jackson -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-             <version>${jackson.version}</version>
+            <version>${jackson.version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
@@ -56,6 +56,18 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
             <version>${jayway.json-path.version}</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.rest-assured</groupId>
+            <artifactId>rest-assured</artifactId>
+            <version>${rest-assured.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
+            <artifactId>hamcrest-all</artifactId>
+            <version>${hamcrest.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
@@ -72,6 +84,8 @@
         <javax.servlet-api.version>4.0.1</javax.servlet-api.version>
         <javax.jsp-api.version>2.3.3</javax.jsp-api.version>
         <jayway.json-path.version>2.4.0</jayway.json-path.version>
+        <rest-assured.version>4.0.0</rest-assured.version>
+        <hamcrest.version>1.3</hamcrest.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/spring-mvc-basics/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/web/config/WebConfig.java b/spring-mvc-basics/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/web/config/WebConfig.java
index 6ee20d7a6b..9fa9bd58db 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-basics/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/web/config/WebConfig.java
+++ b/spring-mvc-basics/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/web/config/WebConfig.java
@@ -3,12 +3,15 @@ package com.baeldung.spring.web.config;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.ComponentScan;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.ViewResolver;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.EnableWebMvc;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.ViewControllerRegistry;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.WebMvcConfigurer;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceViewResolver;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.view.JstlView;
+import org.springframework.web.servlet.view.ResourceBundleViewResolver;
+import org.springframework.web.servlet.view.XmlViewResolver;
 
 @EnableWebMvc
 @Configuration
@@ -27,7 +30,23 @@ public class WebConfig implements WebMvcConfigurer {
         bean.setViewClass(JstlView.class);
         bean.setPrefix("/WEB-INF/view/");
         bean.setSuffix(".jsp");
+        bean.setOrder(2);
+        return bean;
+    }
+    
+    @Bean
+    public ViewResolver resourceBundleViewResolver() {
+        final ResourceBundleViewResolver bean = new ResourceBundleViewResolver();
+        bean.setBasename("views");
         bean.setOrder(0);
         return bean;
     }
+    
+    @Bean
+    public ViewResolver xmlViewResolver() {
+        final XmlViewResolver bean = new XmlViewResolver();
+        bean.setLocation(new ClassPathResource("views.xml"));
+        bean.setOrder(1);
+        return bean;
+    }
 }
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diff --git a/spring-mvc-basics/src/main/java/com/baeldung/web/controller/SampleController.java b/spring-mvc-basics/src/main/java/com/baeldung/web/controller/SampleController.java
index c13986e005..ce89669fde 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-basics/src/main/java/com/baeldung/web/controller/SampleController.java
+++ b/spring-mvc-basics/src/main/java/com/baeldung/web/controller/SampleController.java
@@ -5,9 +5,20 @@ import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
 
 @Controller
 public class SampleController {
-	@GetMapping("/sample")
+
+    @GetMapping("/sample")
     public String showForm() {
         return "sample";
     }
+    
+    @GetMapping("/sample2")
+    public String showForm2() {
+        return "sample2";
+    }
+    
+    @GetMapping("/sample3")
+    public String showForm3() {
+        return "sample3";
+    }
 
 }
diff --git a/spring-mvc-basics/src/main/resources/views.properties b/spring-mvc-basics/src/main/resources/views.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..06d042b446
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-mvc-basics/src/main/resources/views.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+sample2.(class)=org.springframework.web.servlet.view.JstlView
+sample2.url=/WEB-INF/view2/sample2.jsp
+
diff --git a/spring-mvc-java/src/main/resources/views.xml b/spring-mvc-basics/src/main/resources/views.xml
similarity index 65%
rename from spring-mvc-java/src/main/resources/views.xml
rename to spring-mvc-basics/src/main/resources/views.xml
index 83bca5293d..a44d3deae4 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-java/src/main/resources/views.xml
+++ b/spring-mvc-basics/src/main/resources/views.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
-    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-    xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
-        http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.2.xsd">
- 
-    <bean id="sample" class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.JstlView">
-        <property name="url" value="/WEB-INF/view/sample.jsp" />
-    </bean>
-    
+<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
+        http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.2.xsd">
+ 
+    <bean id="sample3" class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.JstlView">
+        <property name="url" value="/WEB-INF/view3/sample3.jsp" />
+    </bean>
+    
 </beans>
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diff --git a/spring-mvc-basics/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/view2/sample2.jsp b/spring-mvc-basics/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/view2/sample2.jsp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c826700a75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-mvc-basics/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/view2/sample2.jsp
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<html>
+<head></head>
+
+<body>
+	<h1>This is the body of the sample2 view</h1>
+</body>
+</html>
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diff --git a/spring-mvc-basics/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/view3/sample3.jsp b/spring-mvc-basics/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/view3/sample3.jsp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b58a0973da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-mvc-basics/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/view3/sample3.jsp
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<html>
+<head></head>
+
+<body>
+	<h1>This is the body of the sample3 view</h1>
+</body>
+</html>
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diff --git a/spring-mvc-basics/src/test/java/com/baeldung/web/controller/SampleControllerLiveTest.java b/spring-mvc-basics/src/test/java/com/baeldung/web/controller/SampleControllerLiveTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bd24bb6ff9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-mvc-basics/src/test/java/com/baeldung/web/controller/SampleControllerLiveTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package com.baeldung.web.controller;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
+
+import io.restassured.RestAssured;
+
+public class SampleControllerLiveTest {
+    
+    private static final String SERVICE_BASE_URL = "/spring-mvc-basics";
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenSampleEndpointCalled_thenOkResponseObtained() throws Exception {
+        RestAssured.get(SERVICE_BASE_URL + "/sample")
+            .then()
+            .statusCode(HttpStatus.OK.value());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenSample2EndpointCalled_thenOkResponseObtained() throws Exception {
+        RestAssured.get(SERVICE_BASE_URL + "/sample2")
+            .then()
+            .statusCode(HttpStatus.OK.value());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenSample3EndpointCalled_thenOkResponseObtained() throws Exception {
+        RestAssured.get(SERVICE_BASE_URL + "/sample3")
+            .then()
+            .statusCode(HttpStatus.OK.value());
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-mvc-java/README.md b/spring-mvc-java/README.md
index 4d1a7c172c..c670b153cf 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-java/README.md
+++ b/spring-mvc-java/README.md
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ The "REST With Spring" Classes: http://bit.ly/restwithspring
 - [Spring Bean Annotations](http://www.baeldung.com/spring-bean-annotations)
 - [Introduction to Pointcut Expressions in Spring](http://www.baeldung.com/spring-aop-pointcut-tutorial)
 - [Introduction to Advice Types in Spring](http://www.baeldung.com/spring-aop-advice-tutorial)
-- [A Guide to the ViewResolver in Spring MVC](http://www.baeldung.com/spring-mvc-view-resolver-tutorial)
 - [Integration Testing in Spring](http://www.baeldung.com/integration-testing-in-spring)
 - [A Quick Guide to Spring MVC Matrix Variables](http://www.baeldung.com/spring-mvc-matrix-variables)
 - [Intro to WebSockets with Spring](http://www.baeldung.com/websockets-spring)
diff --git a/spring-mvc-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/web/config/WebConfig.java b/spring-mvc-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/web/config/WebConfig.java
index 191d721dfb..96b50f2c37 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/web/config/WebConfig.java
+++ b/spring-mvc-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/web/config/WebConfig.java
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import org.springframework.context.annotation.ComponentScan;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Description;
 import org.springframework.context.support.ResourceBundleMessageSource;
-import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
 import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
 import org.springframework.http.converter.ByteArrayHttpMessageConverter;
 import org.springframework.http.converter.HttpMessageConverter;
@@ -26,8 +25,6 @@ import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.ViewControllerRegistry;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.WebMvcConfigurer;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceViewResolver;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.view.JstlView;
-import org.springframework.web.servlet.view.ResourceBundleViewResolver;
-import org.springframework.web.servlet.view.XmlViewResolver;
 import org.springframework.web.util.UrlPathHelper;
 import org.thymeleaf.spring4.SpringTemplateEngine;
 import org.thymeleaf.spring4.view.ThymeleafViewResolver;
@@ -110,22 +107,6 @@ public class WebConfig implements WebMvcConfigurer {
 
         return multipartResolver;
     }
-    
-    @Bean
-    public ViewResolver xmlViewResolver() {
-        final XmlViewResolver bean = new XmlViewResolver();
-        bean.setLocation(new ClassPathResource("views.xml"));
-        bean.setOrder(1);
-        return bean;
-    }
-
-    @Bean
-    public ViewResolver resourceBundleViewResolver() {
-        final ResourceBundleViewResolver bean = new ResourceBundleViewResolver();
-        bean.setBasename("views");
-        bean.setOrder(0);
-        return bean;
-    }
 
     @Override
     public void extendMessageConverters(final List<HttpMessageConverter<?>> converters) {
diff --git a/spring-mvc-java/src/main/resources/views.properties b/spring-mvc-java/src/main/resources/views.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index 95687cb62a..0000000000
--- a/spring-mvc-java/src/main/resources/views.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-sample.(class)=org.springframework.web.servlet.view.JstlView
-sample.url=/WEB-INF/view/sample.jsp
-