Failed to load resource files when mapping Servlet on URL pattern of / - servlets

Question

I use NetBeans and Tomcat 7.0.4.2 and would like to change URL address of my project from localhost:8080/Servlet to localhost:8080/. In web.xml I changed servlet URL address from <url-pattern>/Servlet</url-pattern> to <url-pattern>/</url-pattern>.
The problem is I can't load resource files now and get errors in browser console log:
Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 (Not Found) (11:45:14:149 | error, network)
at src/main/webapp/scripts/aui-min_2.0.0.js
The path to resource files is src/main/webapp/scripts and in JSP file I use this path
<script type="text/javascript" src="scripts/aui-min_2.0.0.js"></script>
web.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<web-app version="3.0" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_3_0.xsd">
<servlet>
<servlet-name>Servlet</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>socialgraphui.Servlet</servlet-class>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>Servlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<session-config>
<session-timeout>
30
</session-timeout>
</session-config>
</web-app>

Answer 1

The url pattern / is is used by default servlet which is capable of loading static resources that isn't mapped by other servlets. When you switched to this pattern it's stopped working. So, you should keep a servlet mapping.
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>Servlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/Servlet</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
If you want to start from the index page use a index.jsp that is listed in <welcome-file-list> configuration. The index page can redirect to the servlet using
response.sendRedirect(request.getContextPath() +"/Servlet");
To load static resource use servlet context path like that
<script type="text/javascript" src="${pageContext.request.contextPath}/scripts/aui-min_2.0.0.js"></script>