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 # turbine-webapp-5.0
+
 Maven Archetype to generate a webapp utilizing Turbine 5.0
+
+## Getting Started
+
+These instructions will get you a copy of the project up and running on your local machine for development and testing purposes. See deployment for notes on how to deploy the project on a live system.
+
+### Prerequisites
+
+* Java 8 JDK or later 
+* [MySQl](https://www.mysql.com/) - Database Server
+* [Maven](https://maven.apache.org/) - Dependency Management
+
+You should have Java 8 or later installed.  The archetype sets up a new application using MySQL as the default database store.  However, you can adjust this to use any database supported by Apache Torque 4.0. Therefore, you should be at least have a database instance where you have access rights to create a new database schema and populate it with the tables the application generates.  Finally, this is a maven archetype, so of course you should install a local version of Maven (tested with 3.5.4).
+
+
+### Installing
+
+Eclipse integration:
+
+You need to first add the Apache maven archetypes to your IDE so that you can take advantage of using the turbine-webapp-5.0 plugin to generate a new web application.
+
+The location of the remote catalog file is: http://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/archetype-catalog.xml 
+
+Step-by-step instructions on how to accomplish this can be found here: https://howtodoinjava.com/eclipse/how-to-import-maven-remote-archetype-catalogs-in-eclipse/
+
+
+## Built With
+
+* [Maven](https://maven.apache.org/) - Dependency Management
+
+## Contributing
+
+Please feel free to contribute. We are always happy to encourage new committers to the project.
+
+
+## Authors
+
+* **Georg Kallidis** 
+* **Jeffery Painter** -  [Jivecast](https://jivecast.com)
+
+## License
+
+This project is licensed under the Apache Software License 2.0
+
+## Acknowledgments
+
+* Thanks to the long list of former Apache Turbine developers
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