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Getting started with Tapestry is easy, and you have lots of ways to begin: watch a video, browse the source code of a working demo app, create a skeleton app using Maven, or step through the tutorial.
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For a fast-paced introduction, watch Mark W. Shead's 10 Minute Demo. This video shows how to set up a simple Tapestry application, complete with form validation, Hibernate-based persistence, and Ajax. The video provides a preview of the development speed and productivity that experienced Tapestry users enjoy.
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You can also play with Tapestry via our live demonstration applications. To start, have a look at the Hotel Booking Demo. The source code is provided so you can download and play with it. Also check out the Jumpstart demonstration site.
Create your first Tapestry project
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mvn archetype:generate -DarchetypeCatalog=httpDfilter=org.apache.tapestry:quickstart |
(Alternatively, if you want to get an archetype for a not-yet-released version of Tapestry – most users don't – you can use the staging URI, https://
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repository.apache.org/content/repositories/staging
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Maven will prompt you for the archetype to create ("Tapestry 5 Quickstart Project") and the exact version number (e.g., "5.45.0"). It also asks you for a group id, an artifact id, and a version number.
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You can see this in the following transcript:
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$ mvn archetype:generate -DarchetypeCatalog=httpshttp://repositorytapestry.apache.org/content/repositories/staging [INFO] Scanning for projects... [INFO] [INFO] [INFO] Scanning for projects... [INFO] [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Building Maven Stub Project (No POM) 1 [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] [INFO] >>> maven-archetype-plugin:2.32:generate (default-cli) > generate-sources @ standalone-pom >>> [INFO] [INFO] <<< maven-archetype-plugin:2.32:generate (default-cli) < generate-sources @ standalone-pom <<< [INFO] [INFO] --- maven-archetype-plugin:2.32:generate (default-cli) @ standalone-pom --- [INFO] Generating project in Interactive mode [INFO] No archetype defined. Using maven-archetype-quickstart (org.apache.maven.archetypes:maven-archetype-quickstart:1.0) Choose archetype: 1: http://tapestry.apache.org -> org.apache. 5tapestry:quickstart (Tapestry 5 Quickstart Project) 2: httpshttp://repositorytapestry.apache.org/content/repositories/staging -> org.apache.tapestry:quickstarttapestry-archetype (-) ...Tapestry 5.4.5 Archetype) Choose a number or apply filter (format: [groupId:]artifactId, case sensitive contains): 105: 51 Choose org.apache.tapestry:quickstart version: 1: 5.3 2: 5.3.1 3: 5.3.2 4: 5.3.3-rc-1 5: 5.3.3 61: 5.30.419 72: 5.1.30.5 83: 5.32.6 94: 5.3.7 105: 5.34.85 116: 5.5.4-beta-3 120 7: 5.4-beta-6 13: 5.4-beta-22 148: 5.4-beta-26 15: 5.4-beta-27 167.3 9: 5.8.4-beta-28 Choose a number: 169: 169 Define value for property 'groupId': : com.example Define value for property 'artifactId': : newapp Define value for property 'version': 1.0-SNAPSHOT: : Define value for property 'package': com.example: : com.example.newapp Confirm properties configuration: groupId: com.example artifactId: newapp version: 1.0-SNAPSHOT package: com.example.newapp Y: : Y [INFO] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [INFO] Using following parameters for creating project from Archetype: quickstart:5.8.4-beta-28 [INFO] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [INFO] Parameter: groupId, Value: com.example [INFO] Parameter: artifactId, Value: newapp [INFO] Parameter: version, Value: 1.0-SNAPSHOT [INFO] Parameter: package, Value: com.example.newapp [INFO] Parameter: packageInPathFormat, Value: com/example/newapp [INFO] Parameter: package, Value: com.example.newapp [INFO] Parameter: version, Value: 1.0-SNAPSHOT [INFO] Parameter: groupId, Value: com.example [INFO] Parameter: artifactId, Value: newapp [INFO] project created from Archetype in dir: /usershome/joeuser/workspacejunk/tapestry/tapestry-doc-examples/junk2/newapp [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] BUILD SUCCESS [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Total time: 3240.094 s020s [INFO] Finished at: 2015-04-03T08:10:26-07:00 Sun Apr 09 16:55:01 EDT 2020 [INFO] Final Memory: 15M16M/216M303M [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ~/workspaces/tapestry/tapestry-doc-examples $ |
Maven will (after performing a number of one-time downloads) create a skeleton project ready to run. Because we specified an artifactId of "newapp", the project is created in the newapp
directory. (Note: if you get "Unable to get resource" warnings at this stage, you may be behind a firewall which blocks outbound HTTP requests to Maven repositories.)
To run the skeleton application, change to the newapp
directory and execute the "mvn jetty:
run"
command to start the Jetty app server:
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$ cd newapp $ mvn jetty:run [INFO] Scanning for projects... [INFO] [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Building newapp Tapestry 5 Application 1.0-SNAPSHOT [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ... Application 'app' (version 1.0-SNAPSHOT-DEV) startup time: 329 ms to build IoC Registry, 919 ms overall. ______ __ ____ /_ __/__ ____ ___ ___ / /_______ __ / __/ / / / _ `/ _ \/ -_|_-</ __/ __/ // / /__ \ /_/ \_,_/ .__/\__/___/\__/_/ \_, / /____/ /_/ /___/ 5.8.4-beta-28 (development mode) [INFO] Started SelectChannelConnector@0.0.0.0:8080 [INFO] Started Jetty Server |
After some more one-time downloads you can open your browser to http://localhost:8080/newapp to see the application running:
The application consists of three pages sharing a common look and feel. The initial page, Index, allows you to perform some basic operations.
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- The bundled version of the Bootstrap CSS library has a per-project override. You can see the files in src/webapp/context/mybootstrap, and the overrides to enable that in AppModule.java.
- By default, Tapestry users Prototype as its client-side library, but the archetype overrides this to jQuery, which is preferred for new projects.
- The archetype adds a simple filter that shows the timing of each request.
- The archetype sets up not just for builds with Maven, but also via Gradle.
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Be sure to read about the core Tapestry Principles, and browse the extensive User Guide Documentation.
Obtain Help
Tapestry has an active user mailing list on which you can find a lot of valuable support, commonly within just a few minutes. You can subscribe by sending e-mail to users-subscribe@tapestry.apache.org or look for an answer in the archives. More Options...
Having trouble? Try our Frequently Asked Questions.
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