1, Setup Development Environment
1.1, Install Java SDK

| => java -version
java version "1.7.0_79"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_79-b15)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 24.79-b02, mixed mode)

1.2, set up $JAVA_HOME env variable on Mac

| => echo $JAVA_HOME
/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_79.jdk/Contents/Home

Set $JAVA_HOME environment variable on Mac OS X(Mac OSX 10.5 or later)

$ vim .bash_profile 
export JAVA_HOME=$(/usr/libexec/java_home)
$ source .bash_profile

1.3, Install Spring Tool Suite develop tool
Download Spring Tool Suite, and install it.

2, Create a Spring MVC project by Spring Starter Project

Click "Import Spring Getting Started Content"

Spring Starter Project

Select "Serving Web Content" template

Serving Web Content

Select Install JRE to fix project error

Select Installed JRE

Launch web site

run as spring boot app

launch.png

Resource: Serving Web Content with Spring MVC