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h2. [!twitter_icon.png!|http://twitter.com/apachetapestry][Tapestry on twitter|http://twitter.com/apachetapestry] 
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h2. What is Apache Tapestry?

| h3. Pure Java Weband Framework

Tapestry applications are written polyglot
Written in Java, thesuitable mostfor popularJava enterprise applications, developmentyou language.can Tapestryuse combinesGroovy simpleor JavaScala classesinstead withtoo straight-forward templates to form pages and components.

! | h3. Convention over configuration
Say goodbye to endless XML configuration files. |

| h3. Highly productive
Live class reloading means that the time between seeing an error and providing the fix is seconds, not minutes. 

 | h3. Advanced Exception reporting
It gives you all the tools you need to fix your problem: not just a stack trace, but every bit of information you need to know about what was doing, why it was doing it, what went wrong, and how to fix it. |









h3. Fast

Without Java reflection use is built to cleanly support large numbers of concurrent threads. Includes standard performance-enhancing strategies such as GZip content compression, JavaScript aggregation, and far future expires headers.

h3. Testable

Built for testability provides nice testing functionalities enchanting TDD techniques. [CodeSee sourceTapestry covertura report|http://tapestry.apache.org/tapestry5.1/tapestry-core/cobertura/index.html]

h3. Scalable

Tapestry scalesScales up big on a single server, and offers great options into a cluster. Ready for REST, it is suitable for the most staless andor stateful applications.

h3. Component based

Easy to write, easy to hook together and very reusable. Code and templates are lean and mean

h3. Adaptable

Architecture is open and extensible. There's a clean way to add your own logic, or substitute some logic with your own. Provides integration with [Hibernate|http://hibernate.org] and [Spring|http://www.springsource.org/]. Third-party integrations with other tools, such as [Quartz|http://www.quartz-scheduler.org/].


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