Tapestry Release 0.2.7

Getting Started

Tapestry is now distributed as a pre-compiled JAR file and includes pre-generated Javadoc.

Tapestry is distributed in three different sizes:

small -- just Tapestry.jar, gnu-regexp.jar and the javadoc for Tapestry
medium -- small, plus Tapestry source code, the JBE (Java Build Environment) and JBE documentation
full -- medium, plus third party JARs used by Tapestry, more Tapestry documentation, Tapestry tutorials and the Primix Virtual Library examples

The JARs were compiled on Windows 2000 using Sun's JDK 1.3 compiler, however it is easy to rebuild the JARs on different platforms and different compilers.

This product includes software developed by the Apache Software Foundation ( http://www.apache.org/).

Third party JARs

Tapestry requires some third party JARs when it is compiled, as well as at runtime. If you downloaded the full distribution, all but one of these (j2ee.jar) is already included. With the small and medium distribution, you will need to download the other files seperately.

JAR file Description< Version License Location<

gnu-regexp.jar GNU regular expression compiler
Used by Tapestry to parse HTML templates
1.0.8 GNU Public License ftp://tapestry.sourceforge.net/pub/tapestry/gnu-regexp-0.1.8.zip

xerces.jar Xerces XML Parser
Used by Tapestry to parse application and component specifications
1.0.3 Apache Software License, Version 1.1 ftp://tapestry.sourceforge.net/pub/tapestry/Xerces-J-bin.1.0.3.zip
or
http://xml.apache.org/xerces-j/index.html

com.mortbay.jetty.jar Jetty HTTP Servlet Server 3.0.1 Jetty License http://sourceforge.net/projects/jetty

javax.servlet.jar Servlet API 2.2 reference implementation Apache Software License, Version 1.1 Distributed with Jetty

org.apache.jasper.jar Jasper JSP Engine 3.2.1 Apache Software License, Version 1.1 Distributed with Jetty

j2ee.jar J2EE Reference Implementation
Used when compiling the Tapestry framework
1.2.1
Not Distributable

From the J2EE RI license:
3.4 Licensee shall have no right to redistribute or deploy the Licensed Software or use the Licensed Software for productive or commercial use.

So, go download it yourself, if you want to recompile Tapestry on your workstation.
http://java.sun.com/j2ee/download.html

JAR file	Description<	Version	License	Location<
gnu-regexp.jar	GNU regular expression compiler Used by Tapestry to parse HTML templates	1.0.8	GNU Public License	ftp://tapestry.sourceforge.net/pub/tapestry/gnu-regexp-0.1.8.zip
xerces.jar	Xerces XML Parser Used by Tapestry to parse application and component specifications	1.0.3	Apache Software License, Version 1.1	ftp://tapestry.sourceforge.net/pub/tapestry/Xerces-J-bin.1.0.3.zip or http://xml.apache.org/xerces-j/index.html
com.mortbay.jetty.jar	Jetty HTTP Servlet Server	3.0.1	Jetty License	http://sourceforge.net/projects/jetty
javax.servlet.jar	Servlet API 2.2 reference implementation		Apache Software License, Version 1.1	Distributed with Jetty
org.apache.jasper.jar	Jasper JSP Engine	3.2.1	Apache Software License, Version 1.1	Distributed with Jetty
j2ee.jar	J2EE Reference Implementation Used when compiling the Tapestry framework	1.2.1	Not Distributable From the J2EE RI license: 3.4 Licensee shall have no right to redistribute or deploy the Licensed Software or use the Licensed Software for productive or commercial use. So, go download it yourself, if you want to recompile Tapestry on your workstation.	http://java.sun.com/j2ee/download.html

Documentation

Tapestry has quite a bit of documentation available (most of these links will be broken if you did not download the full distribution).

Tapestry Tutorial (PDF) -- A good introduction to what Tapestry is and how to use it.
Primix Virtual Library Guide (PDF) -- Describes how to setup and run the Virtual Library demonstration, a complete J2EE application implemented using Tapestry.
Tapestry API (Javadoc)
Tapestry Examples (HTML) -- guide to Tapestry example and tutorial code
Tapestry Whitepaper (PDF) -- An executive summary of Tapestry
Tapestry Developer's Guide (PDF) -- main reference for designing and developing Tapestry applications
Java Build Environment (PDF) -- guide to setting up and using the JBE (a set of Makefiles used to build and run Tapestry and Tapestry applications).

Tapestry is an open source project, hosted on the SourceForge and licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License.