Struts Shale is a proposal for a next-generation web development framework. I've spent a couple days scouring the internet trying to find a simple getting started guide to build a new Shale application, but there just doesn't seem to be one yet. Shale's website promises that a future milestone release will include a blank template ready for customization, but in the meantime, we're left to reading JavaDoc to figure out how to get going. This tutorial will walk you through building a very simple Hello / GoodBye world application using Shale and JavaServer Faces technology from scratch.

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