Source code does not render in browser

[retupmoc258]

I tried following along with the tutorial posted on Spring's website. I was also surprised that there were required files after Example 15 that were not even mentioned prior to that part. I couldn't get it to work, obviously. I found on another issue that someone solved their problem by downloading the required files to place in the "src/main/js" folder. I feel like that's a huge oversight for a tutorial. Even if you're not going to explain how these files work, you should at least let the student know that they need to download these files from the source. There's something about the client.js file, but it was not clear that I was expected to download it, let alone a clear way to link to it in the part that mentions it. However, even that didn't solve my problem. So, I assumed human error and downloaded the entire source code and ran the "basic" program.

What I get is a blank webpage. The title of the webpage has been changed, as expected, but there's no table of any kind there. So not only does the tutorial not give you all the steps to make this project work, but the source code, which should be a working version of the tutorial, doesn't work, either. I don't know what else to do at this point. Help would be appreciated.