
Welcome to the world of Apache Zest
   - Composite Oriented Programming on the Java platform.


This Apache Zest™ Binary Distribution contains everything you need to
create Zest™ applications.


Zest™ (then Zest™) started in 2007, and is still in heavy development
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.

Please see https://zest.apache.org for more information.


Licensing
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All Apache Zest™ code is licensed under an Apache License.

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).

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.


Dependencies not included
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The binary distributions contains Zest™ artifacts only to keep the download
size small. Each Zest™ artifact comes with a file prefixed ..-runtime-deps.txt
that contains the list of its dependencies. Moreover, at the binary
distribution's root, you'll find both Maven (go-offline.pom) and Gradle
(go-offline.gradle) build files whoses sole purpose is to easily download all
needed dependencies jars. Instructions are given into theses files.

If you prefer to use a dependency management system, go to:
https://zest.apache.org/java/latest/howto-depend-on-zest.html


Thank you for trying out Apache Zest™ and Composite Oriented Programming.


-- Apache Zest™ Team

