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+[GAE-Java-JSP](http://gae-java-jsp.appspot.com) - Java / JSP / Google App Engine Base App
+==============================================
+
+GAE-Java-JSP Base-App
+---------------
+
+[Project-GAE](http://project-gae.appspot.com) is a multi-platform app-engine base-app created by 
+Mark Finch to assist developers looking to build their first applications 
+leveraging Google's Cloud Infrastructure. GAE-Java-JSP is adapted from GAE-Py
+base app with significant portion of the code adapted from App Engine 
+Guestbook Demo App.
+
+The GAE-Java-JSP version of Project-GAE uses the Java/JSP Language to provide 
+a simple application base to launch new Google App Engine Applications from.  
+
+Features of version 1 include Ad-Sense integration, examples of how to 
+use basic templates, access the datastore to create and read.  Another 
+goal of version 1 is to have a very simple application to benchmark 
+various frameworks running on App Engine.  The reason to keep it simple 
+is to see how much a performance hit a framework has on App-Engine.
+GAE-Java-JSP being the lightest of the Java based base apps will likely 
+perform the faster than the others.  That is the question we hope is 
+answered with version 1 of Project-GAE.
+
+NOTE: Due to App Engine requirements version numbers will all be integers.
+
+Goals:
+------
+  * Version 2
+    * Add update and delete
+    * Add registration
+    * Add authentication and application security
+  * Planned Features
+    * Add Date/Time Conversion from UTC
+    * Add Gravatars
+    * Add Validation and Error Handling
+    * Error Pages (404...)
+    * Add Safe HTML to Shouts
+    * Integrate with Twitter / Facebook / MySpace / ...
+    * Many many more!!!
+
+Application Stack:
+------------------
+  * Google App Engine Java
+  * JSP Framework
+  * Blueprint CSS Framework
+
+
+Issues:
+-------
+  * THIS APP IS NOT PRODUCTION READY!!!
+  * App currently implicitly trusts user input (a really big NO NO for Production)
+  * There is no validation and error handling
+  * No Authentication
+
+No Warranties:
+-------------
+There are no warranties expressed or implied.  Use at your own RISK!
+
+License:
+--------
+GAE-Java-JSP Base-App source code is licensed under the [Apache 2.0 License](http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0).  
+
+Please check the file LICENSE to see other licenses that impact this project.
+