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| Welcome to the world of Apache Zest |
| - Composite Oriented Programming on the Java platform. |
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| This Apache Zest™ Source Distribution contains everything you need to |
| create Zest™ applications. |
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| Zest™ started in 2007, and is still in heavy development under the umbrella of |
| the Apache Zest™ project at the Apache Software Foundation. We would like |
| developers around the world to participate in the advancement of this |
| cool, new and challenging technology. We are especially interested in |
| people willing to help improve the SDK, samples, tutorials, documentation |
| and other supporting material. |
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| Please see https://zest.apache.org for more information. |
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| Licensing |
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| All Zest™ code is licensed under an Apache License. |
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| Third-Party Dependencies may be licensed under other terms. The only |
| required dependencies are SLF4J (MIT Licence), ASM (BSD Licence) and |
| Joda-Time (Apache Licence). |
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| Finally, Zest™ TestSupport depends on JUnit 4.x and its dependencies, which |
| is also not included in the SDK itself, as it is present among most Java |
| developers. |
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| Dependencies not included |
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| The source distribution contains Zest™ sources only to keep the download |
| size small. The Gradle build automatically downloads needed dependencies. |
| If you need to go offline type `./gradlew goOffline` to ensure all needed |
| dependencies are cached by Gradle. |
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| If you prefer to use a dependency management system, go to: |
| https://zest.apache.org/java/latest/howto-depend-on-zest.html |
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| Building Apache Zest |
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| To build Zest™ from sources you only need to have a valid Java JDK >= 7 |
| installation. |
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| If you want to build the Zest™ manual, then you also need valid Asciidoc |
| (http://www.methods.co.nz/asciidoc/) and Docbook-XSL installations. |
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| Here is how to run a full build with checks: |
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| ./gradlew check assemble |
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| Read the Zest™ Build System tutorial for more details: |
| https://zest.apache.org/java/latest/build-system.html |
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| Thank you for trying out Apache Zest™ and Composite Oriented Programming. |
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| -- Apache Zest™ Team |
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