<s>
AppFuse	B-Language
provides	O
a	O
great	O
project	O
skeleton	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
one	O
that	O
's	O
created	O
by	O
an	O
IDE	B-Application
when	O
one	O
clicks	O
through	O
a	O
"	O
new	O
web	O
project	O
"	O
wizard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AppFuse	B-Language
1.x	O
uses	O
Ant	O
to	O
create	O
the	O
project	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
build/test/deploy	O
it	O
,	O
whereas	O
AppFuse	B-Language
2.x	O
uses	O
Maven	O
2	O
for	O
these	O
tasks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IDE	B-Application
support	O
was	O
improved	O
in	O
2.0	O
by	O
leveraging	O
Maven	O
plugins	O
to	O
generate	O
IDE	B-Application
project	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AppFuse	B-Language
1.x	O
uses	O
XDoclet	B-Language
and	O
JDK	O
1.4	O
+	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AppFuse	B-Language
provides	O
a	O
project	O
skeleton	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
one	O
that	O
's	O
created	O
by	O
an	O
IDE	B-Application
when	O
one	O
clicks	O
through	O
a	O
"	O
new	O
web	O
project	O
"	O
wizard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AppFuse	B-Language
1.x	O
uses	O
Ant	O
to	O
create	O
the	O
project	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
build/test/deploy	O
it	O
,	O
whereas	O
AppFuse	B-Language
2.x	O
uses	O
Maven	O
2	O
for	O
these	O
tasks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IDE	B-Application
support	O
was	O
improved	O
in	O
2.0	O
by	O
leveraging	O
Maven	O
plugins	O
to	O
generate	O
IDE	B-Application
project	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AppFuse	B-Language
1.x	O
uses	O
XDoclet	B-Language
and	O
JDK	O
1.4	O
+	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
other	O
"	O
new	O
project	O
"	O
wizards	O
,	O
the	O
AppFuse	B-Language
wizard	O
creates	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
additional	O
classes	O
and	O
files	O
that	O
implement	O
features	O
,	O
but	O
also	O
serve	O
as	O
examples	O
for	O
the	O
developer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
AppFuse	B-Language
was	O
first	O
developed	O
,	O
it	O
only	O
supported	O
Struts	O
and	O
Hibernate	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
version	O
2.x	O
,	O
it	O
supports	O
Hibernate	O
,	O
iBATIS	B-Library
or	O
JPA	O
as	O
persistence	B-Application
frameworks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
implementing	O
the	O
MVC	O
model	O
,	O
AppFuse	B-Language
is	O
compatible	O
with	O
JSF	B-Language
,	O
Spring	O
MVC	O
,	O
Struts	O
2	O
or	O
Tapestry	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Features	O
integrated	O
into	O
AppFuse	B-Language
includes	O
the	O
following	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
out-of-the-box	O
functionality	O
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
main	O
features	O
in	O
AppFuse	B-Language
that	O
separates	O
it	O
from	O
the	O
other	O
"	O
CRUD	B-General_Concept
Generation	O
"	O
frameworks	O
,	O
including	O
Ruby	B-Application
on	I-Application
Rails	I-Application
and	O
Grails	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
AppFuse	B-Language
is	O
similar	O
to	O
Spring	B-Language
Roo	I-Language
in	O
that	O
both	O
provide	O
rapid	O
productivity	O
solutions	O
for	O
the	O
Java	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
(	O
whereas	O
Grails	B-Language
and	O
Ruby	B-Application
on	I-Application
Rails	I-Application
focus	O
on	O
other	O
programming	O
languages	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
aforementioned	O
frameworks	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
AppFuse	B-Language
,	O
allow	O
you	O
to	O
create	O
master/detail	B-Application
pages	O
from	O
database	O
tables	O
or	O
existing	O
model	O
objects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AppFuse	B-Language
has	O
also	O
been	O
included	O
in	O
JBuilder	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
AppFuse	B-Language
project	O
was	O
shut	O
down	O
in	O
April	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
founder	O
,	O
Matt	O
Raible	O
,	O
recommends	O
using	O
JHipster	B-Language
as	O
an	O
alternative	O
.	O
</s>
