Tapestry

Introduction

IntelliJ IDEA comes bundled with the Tapestry plugin that provides native support for developing Web applications based on the Tapestry framework. The plugin is by default enabled. If not, enable it on the Plugins settings page of the Settings/Preferences dialog.

IntelliJ IDEA allows you to quickly setup a running Tapestry project and provides several types of assistance in developing Web applications.

Using Tapestry in IntelliJ IDEA

To use Tapestry in developing a Web application, perform these general steps

1. Enable Tapestry support.
2. Create Tapestry-specific items: pages, components, and mixins.
3. Examine the structure of your application in the Tapestry-specific terms.
4. Edit the generated Tapestry templates.