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First, let's Before we can get down to the fun, we have to create an empty application. Tapestry uses provides a feature of Maven to do this: archetypes (a too-clever way of saying "project templates").What we'll do is create an empty shell application using Maven, then import the application into Eclipse to do the rest of the workMaven archetype (a project template) to make this easy.

For the tutorial, we're using a fresh install of Eclipse and an empty workspace at /Usersusers/joeuser/workspace. You may need to adjust a few things for other operating systems or local paths.

Using the Quickstart Archetype

From our workspace directoryEclipse, we'll use a Maven archetype to create a skeleton Tapestry project.

Before proceeding, we have to decide on four things: A Maven group id and artifact id for our project, a version, and a base package name.

Maven uses the group id and artifact id to provide a unique identity for the application, and Tapestry needs to have a base package name so it knows where to look for pages and components.

For this example, we'll use the group id com.example, artifact id tutorial1, version 1.0-SNAPSHOT and we'll use com.example.tutorial as the base package.

Our final command line is:

mvn archetype:generate -DarchetypeCatalog=http://tapestry.apache.org

It will then prompt you to pick the archetype - choose the latest Tapestry 5.X Quickstart Project, enter the group id, artifact id, version and package when prompted.

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Maven Behind a Firewall

If you are behind a firewall/proxy, before performing any Maven downloads, you may need to configure your proxy settings in your Maven settings.xml file (typically in the .m2 subdirectory of your home directory, ~/.m2 or C:\users\joeuser\.m2). Here is an example (but check with your network administrator for the names and numbers you should use here).

<settings>
  <proxies>
    <proxy>
      <active>true</active>
      <protocol>http</protocol>
      <host>myProxyServer.com</host>
      <port>3128</port>
      <username>joeuser</username>
      <password>myPassword</password>
      <nonProxyHosts></nonProxyHosts>
    </proxy>
  </proxies>
  <localRepository>C:/Users/joeuser/.m2/repository</localRepository>
</settings>

Of course, adjust the localRepository element to match the correct path for your computer.

Create Project

Okay, let's get started creating our new project.

In Eclipse, go to File > New > Project... > Maven > Maven Project

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Then click Next, Next (again), and then on the Select an Archetype page click the Configure button on the Catalog line. The Archetype preferences dialog should appear. Click the Add Remote Catalog... button, as shown below:

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As shown above, enter "http://tapestry.apache.org" in the Catalog File field, and "Apache Tapestry" in the Description field.

Click OK, then OK again.

On the Select an Archetype dialog (shown below), select the newly-added Apache Tapestry catalog, then select the "quickstart" artifact from the list and click Next.

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Note: Screenshots in this tutorial may show different (either newer or older) versions of Tapestry than you may see.

Fill in the Group Id, Artifact Id, Version and Package  as follows:

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then click Finish.

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After executing the commandMaven finishes, you'll see a new directory, tutorial1.

<settings>
  <proxies>
    <proxy>
      <active>true</active>
      <protocol>http</protocol>
      <host>myProxyServer.com</host>
      <port>8080</port>
      <username>joeuser</username>
      <password>myPassword</password>
      <nonProxyHosts></nonProxyHosts>
    </proxy>
  </proxies>
  <localRepository>C:/Users/joeuser/.m2/repository</localRepository>
</settings>

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, in your Package Explorer view in Eclipse.

Running the Application using Jetty

One of the first things you can do is use Maven to run Jetty directly.

Change into the newly created directory, and execute the command:

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Right-click on the tutorial1 project in your Package Explorer view and select Run As > Maven Build... >, enter a Goal of "jetty:run". This creates a "Run Configuration" named "tutorial1" that we'll use throughout this tutorial to start the app:

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Tapestry runs best with a couple of additional options; click the "JRE" tab and enter the following VM Arguments:

Here's how it looks:

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Finally, click Run.

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Again, the first time, there's a dizzying number of downloads, but before you know it, the Jetty servlet container is up and running.

Once Jetty is initialized (which only takes a few seconds after the first time), you'll see the following in your console:

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Note the red square icon above. Later on you'll use that icon to stop Jetty before restarting the app.

You can now open a web browser to http://localhost:8080/tutorial1/ to see the running application:Image Removed

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NOTE: Your screen may look very different depending on the version of Tapestry you are using!

The date and time in the middle of the page

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shows that this is a live application.

This is a complete little applicationweb app; it doesn't do much, but it demonstrate how to create a number of pages sharing a common layout, and demonstrates some simple navigation and link handling. You can see that it has three several different pages that share a common layout

{footnote}Layout is a loose term meaning common look and feel and navigation across many or all of the pages of an application. Often an application will include a Layout component to provide that commonness.{footnote}

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. (Layout is a loose term meaning common look and feel and navigation across many or all of the pages of an application. Often an application will include a Layout component to provide that commonness.)

Next: Exploring the Project